Smaller Suggestions in terms of Workflow

Glyphs
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Hi Everyone,

I got two little suggestions in terms of a faster drawing-workflow.

1) Could be nice to make a copy of a form while holding down “alt” and use arrows to make a copy - just like in adobe apps.

2) Would be nice to have the „break off node“-function in context-menu.
(And in this case I had an idea: customizable context-menu? F.e. in the phase of drawing I need other contexts than in hinting.) An alternative could be to use something like “alt”-“click” to break a node.

Thanks
G o

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  1. There is already a function assigned to Alt+arrows on selection.
  2. Glyphs does not allow two open nodes to be on the same position. It may be useful to have “open corner + break off” function in one command, but it sounds too minor to add to the context menu.
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With “Break node” you mane to open the path? That can be done with the pen tool.

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@tosche:

  1. using „alt“+arrows doesn’t work for me (?)
  2. yes, could be that this action is too minor

@GeorgSeifert:
yes I mean „break node“, but I think its right, could be to minor for context menu

thx

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With the Option key held down,

  1. moving a BCP preserves its angle,
  2. moving a node leaves the surrounding BCPs in their place.
  3. moving a path, component or anchor duplicates it.
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ok,
now it works,
I have to press down alt first, then click.
I was surprised, that there is no indicator like a duplicate arrow for cursor : )

Thanks