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drawing is difficult from curved to straight lines

Asked by david teves

Just wondering if there is a way to draw a straight line right after you do a curved one
from the same tool? I cant get this done in any way even if I stop and change tools :(
Illustrator is so easy for drawing in comparison, i see no reason for not adopting its
easier functions? Even quark is easier to draw with and its a page layout program.
I would really like to migrate to Inkscape but also quick keys are not there and hard
to implement, Im failing with this also.

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Aruna Hewapathirane (aruna-hewapathirane) said : 		#1

Yes you can with the pen tool. Watch this: http://ia331318.us.archive.org/1/items/Inkscape_Path_Tutorial/inkscapePaths.swf

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david teves (djt) said : 		#2

Im almost down on my knees thank you! It was very frustration by thinking I could work it out by playing around
then having no luck in the help section for the quick keys to help. Is there a way to access these tutorials somewhere?
Im trying to find the video links like the one you provided but no luck.

A few more questions:

I would also like to know how to move or drag the page around so I can move to different workspaces within the window
in case Im doing a large illustration or zoomed in and need to access another part of the illustration quickly.
In illustrator I just press the space key and a hand comes up.

In the same manner can I use a key to zoom and drag the area required?

Also would like to know if I can add and remove nodes on the line drawing by using the keyboard and mouse clicking exactly where I want them on the line drawing.

Lastly a page where I can print the keyboard shortcuts in a table form?

regards, CC

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david teves (djt) said : 		#3

Thanks Aruna Hewapathirane-අරැණ හේවාපතිරණ, that solved my question.

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Aruna Hewapathirane (aruna-hewapathirane) said : 		#4

Is there a way to access these tutorials somewhere? ( http://screencasters.heathenx.org/page/11/ )

In the same manner can I use a key to zoom and drag the area required? (Use the zoom tool, looks like a small magnifying glass)

Also would like to know if I can add and remove nodes on the line drawing by using the keyboard and mouse clicking exactly where I want them on the line drawing. ( Yes you CAN ! :-)

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david teves (djt) said : 		#5

Thank you again Aruna
lastly is there somewhere I can print a list of the keyboard shortcuts or modify them?

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su_v (suv-lp) said : 		#6

> is there somewhere I can print a list of the keyboard shortcuts (…)

Inkscape menu 'Help > Keys and Mouse Reference'
<http://inkscape.org/doc/keys048.html>

> (…) or modify them?

Most of the shortcuts can be redefined, but not all. See the comments in 'share/keys/default.xml' how to edit the shortcuts file and how to create a user shortcuts file overriding the shared one.

web link:
<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/RELEASE_0_48_BRANCH/annotate/head%3A/share/keys/default.xml>

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