https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77839

--- Comment #4 from Gerhard Mesenich <[email protected]> ---

@Regina: Thanks for the F8 trick, new to me, very helpful! The hint should go
into the popup help. I also strongly support your further wishes.


@Owen: The arc and circle functions used to be well hidden in the  in the
Toolbars menu and were usually only be detected by good luck or intensive study
of the manual. However with 4.3 the Drawing toolbar settings seem to have been
greatly improved and it's now there, if I haven't set it myself as the first
thing I always do :). After straight line drawing this is the second most
important function for any type of formal drawing.


Some further clarification:

With compass mode a drawing compass is meant, the thing with the two legs and
pin and pencil, used for geometric drawing (Zirkel in German). It should not be
confused with a navigational compass, which also is round, but wouldn't make
any sense here:). A 'compass mode' could probably be added as additional
function, to not break anything for users prefering or used to the current
procedure.

Suitable icons (freeware?) for some initial testing and as example can be found
here:

 http://findicons.com/icon/562850/compasses
 http://findicons.com/icon/562856/tools1

The rationale of the suggestion is to model the behavior to a tool everybody
knows, so drawing can commence intuitively and efficiently without any second
guessing.

Simple formal drawing is the natural most common usage of Draw, which now is
unnecessary complicated; mainly only for a much to steep learning curve of the
program. Draw needs some heavy tweaking to get usable for most common tasks; an
efford most users most likely are not willig or capable to make.

Best Regards, 
Gerhard

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