Paths need an optional direction hint

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

It would be great if there was a FontForge slight path direction hint. I know of at least two use cases for that:

1. Type design. Direction of a path matters a lot to produce a correct font. FontForge can find this error and correct it, but things should be done the right way from the very beginning, IMO :)

2. Applying arrows. When you edit someone else's file and want to add arrows, figuring out direction of several to-be arrowed paths results in trial and error.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

The new node tool can optionally display the path direction on the path outline (to be set in the node tool preferences tab), see 'Node tool - Path direction tools' in the release notes for 0.48 <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.48#Node_Tool>.

Do you think this would need to be available outside of the node tool as well - like an additional view mode, or an option for the 'Outline' view mode?

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Closing as 'Fix released' for Milestone 0.48. Please reopen if the implementation in the node tool to optionally show the direction of the path outline isn't fulfilling your request.