Comment 16 for bug 167449

> Our Pen tool can be improved
in both ways, but the line/curve issue is not it, IMHO.

I have no problem with the way the pen works, I just suggest
to have an additional button for straight lines.

> One shape that has both lines and curves is so common that
we even have a special tool for it: rectangle with rounded
corners.

Right. So this situation worth a specific button, not the
straight lines (mind that you just have to release the click
a little bit late to create a curve instead of a line, which
is a source of error).

Now I remember some situations I had to mix curves and
straight line. I had to start from a circle or an ellipse
because the curved shape had to match exactly this shape.
There was no dedicated button, and it was really easy to
transform the ellipse into a mixed shape (create new points,
transform the arc into segment).

So I think we have different experiences and thus different
opinions, if you had to make frequently mixed shapes other
than rounded rectangles and transformed ellipse, then its my
own vision which is flawed because my field of activity is
narrow.

I can admit it.

It would be interesting to have experiences from others, to
evaluate if an additionnal button is useful or not.