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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 146622] Requesting an isometric line tool
From:       Clarence Dang <dang () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-09-20 3:17:42
Message-ID: 20070920031742.32051.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From dang kde org  2007-09-20 05:17 -------
On Tuesday 11 September 2007 5:20 pm, Nilli wrote:
> Simulating the functionality by drawing it in another window would
> be as complicated as to draw the line in the same window right away. No,
> even more complicated actually.


What I meant by that was that if you wanted to draw many 2x1 lines, cutting 
and pasting would speed that up.  However, it seems you want 2n x n lines, 
where n is any number.

> I did not know about the 30 and 60 degree lines, thank you for that info. I
> noticed the line turned out _almost_ like a 2x1 line though every 4th row
> ended up being a single pixel. Are there special reasons for the 30 and 60
> degrees besides having something somewhat smaller than 45 degrees, 


It just felt right having 30 and 60 since they're "common" angles like 45 
degrees.

> or could 
> you perhaps change that line into the isometric line? Since it is already
> close to it.


I'd prefer not to change it for compatibility and because 30 and 60 
are "common" angles.  However, I note that 2x1 is actually 26.57 and 63.43 
degrees so it is tempting to do the switch...

Could you suggest another way of accessing 2x1 lines from the interface?  
Holding the spacebar seems like a nice solution but a bit obscure.

> I was rather active in a big pixel art community and nobody has ever heard
> of a software with an isometric line tool, so if kolourpaint got it I'm
> positive you would gain a whole lot of new users.


BTW, KolourPaint is a bit dangerous to use for pixel art since it's a 
truecolor editor and does not support 8-bit paletted images.
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