[Sugar-devel] [PATCH] tool accelerator keys add objects to the world

[Martin Dengler]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 02:43:15PM +0100, Gary C Martin wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> On 12 Aug 2009, at 01:27, Martin Dengler wrote:
>
>> Make it easy to add lots of objects to the world quickly by drawing
>> one shape, then pressing the key of the shape tool a few times to add
>> a few copies of that object to the tool.  Erase objects by hovering
>> and pressing E (the erase tool key).
>>
>> Reduces the need to click the mouse while moving it, which is
>> especially hard on the OLPC XO-1 touchpad.
>
> Thanks for the patch. Unfortunately we're really close to a Physics-3  
> release which already bit rots some of this. I'll take a look at your  
> patch in a future cycle and see if the behaviour still makes sense for  
> us (I worry that this is a non standard/expected behaviour, but do like 
> the intent).

Ok - I encourage you to try it out once - it's quite fun.  Thanks for
you/everyones work on Physics.

> FWIW, for future patches it's a much smoother ride if you use the  
> Gitorious "clone repository" feature, that way everyone involved will  
> know you're working on something, and can easily view and keep up with  
> changes.

Ok - I just hacked it up in an hour or so, so I didn't think a new
repo was justified.

> Regards,
> --Gary

Martin

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