[Qgis-developer] can't see "offset curve" tool under Windows

[Andreas Neumann]

 Hi Giovanni,

 In the box you have to type the distance value and press enter, then it 
 will set the value to the exact value you typed. But you have to make 
 sure that the mouse is still pressed and not moved. I agree - it is a 
 bit difficult to use. Do you have any better suggestions?

 The reason why the box is in the bottom left, is that on Linux there 
 can't be a box following the mouse cursor (some XServer limitation). I 
 believe that on Windows and OSX the input box follows the mouse - but I 
 cannot test it since my Windows version still has the GOES 3.2.x

 Marco Hugentobler is the developer of the tool - maybe he can comment 
 on the issues he faced while developing this tool. I am sure he is also 
 open to suggestions for improvements.

 Andreas

 On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:18:17 +0100, Giovanni Manghi wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> thanks for the explanation.
>
> How about my doubt how to use the tool?
>
>>> I have also a doubt about how to use the tool:
>>>
>>> when I click on a line on the bottom left corner of the QGIS 
>>> windows I
>>> see I can set manually the offset distance, but it doesn't seems to 
>>> have
>>> any effect. I'm again missing something simple?
>
> cheers
>
> -- Giovanni --

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