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[Andreas Klöckner <address@hidden>]

Hi there,

I've just tried to get my feet wet with the new graphics mode, and I have a 
couple of points that I would like to raise. (For reference: Using the 
1.0.5.12 binary on Debian sid.)

- Visible grid vs. Printed grid. 

If I turn on a visible grid for editing, that grid is also printed (and 
exported to PDF). That's not what I want. I want the grid on screen as an 
editing help, but not on paper. Maybe there should be a separate "printed 
grid" option, if that is feasible. Ideally, that non-printed grid would also 
vanish once I move the focus away from the drawing.

- Graphics box sizing

When I draw something in Xfig, the resulting .eps automatically shrink-wraps 
around what I have drawn. Thus, centering this graphics box is really easy. 
Ideally, I would like the built-in graphics mode to emulate that behavior, at 
least as an option. I know that I can set the size of the graphics box by 
hand and translate the content around inside, but I find that quite 
cumbersome.

- Interface

While I can see the reasoning behind Henri's reinvented drawing program UI 
using different mouse buttons, I'm having trouble getting used to it. 
Providing an interface that is more like the "accepted standard" (as in 
Inkscape, Corel Draw, Word, OpenOffice, etc.) would certainly ease the 
transition to TeXmacs graphics for many. The Xfig interface, while 
non-standard, is affected by this only to a lesser degree because there is 
always the box that explains what each mouse button does.

- Default graph settings

I would like to have a place where I can set a few defaults that I will find 
in any drawing that I start, pertaining to grid size, properties and such.

Thanks for the excellent work, Henri (and everybody else, too!).

Andreas

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