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- Line Tool (Toolbox)
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- DEMONSTRATION AVAILABLE -> `Line_Tool.sdemo`
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- KEYBOARD = v for "vector"
- SHIFT V displays the Spacing requester
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- Paints a straight line between two points.
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- Using the Left Mouse Button paints with the current foreground color. The
- Right Mouse Button paints with the current background color.
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- The current brush shape used to draw a straight line.
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- Selecting the Straight Line tool with the Right Mouse Button displays the
- Spacing requester which allows you to specify how the current brush is
- painted along the described line:
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- SEE -> `Spacing.pic`
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- N TOTAL: defines the total number of times the current brush will be
- painted along the line.
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- EVERY NTH DOT: defines the number of pixels placed between each occurrence
- of the brush along the line.
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- AIRBRUSH: uses the airbrush tool to draw the current brush along the
- described line. You can specify the "density" of of the airbrush's
- spray by changing this setting.
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- CONTINUOUS: paints with no spacing and is the default setting.
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- If you hold down the SHIFT key while painting with this tool, movement will
- be constrained (locked) horizontally or vertically, depending on the
- direction the mouse is moved after initially pressing SHIFT.
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- If you hold down the CTRL key, "traces" will be left as you paint.
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