Comment 2 for bug 171742

Originator: YES

> I understand you correctly you think it would be useful to be able to
> set layers to outline mode rather than hide the layer completely?
Yes.

>If your real concern is speed it might be better to turn on full
Wireframe
>(Outline) mode and use the keybinding to quickly toggle back to full
view
>only as needed.
Speed is a big issue. I run Inkscape (0.45 as of now) on Kubuntu dapper on
an AMD 1ghz Athlon (1gig RAM, big drive) and I find it to be very slow
(it's in good company with all GTK apps, so not picking on it). Redraw is a
matter of seconds with lots of black rectangles filling in. Anything that
can squeeze speed would be a bonus.

I think having a layer of outlines while working above it on a normal
layer is very useful, your focus is on *this* layer, but you are lining
things up with the ones below. Hiding them won't do and flipping to
all-outline is not always convenient.

Put this down to an "I miss this feature" suggestion ;)

> This does sound like a resonable suggestion but I want to
>make sure developers consider the options and maybe even find a better
way
>to solve the real problem you are facing (speed for example).
For sure, it just came to me and I thought I had to make a record of it
just in case.