thanks, yes, It's behaving now. It takes a mouse click to indicate the starting point, and a shift-click to indicate the end. Holding shift in advance of the final click shows you where it will draw. Makes perfect sense now, but I was so expecting it to be a drag operation to draw the line (like it is when it's a freehand line) that I couldn't see the wood for the trees.
Thanks all, especially Marco for such prompt and persistent help. Now I can just quietly put it behind me and slowly stop feeling really dumb! Cheers, Simon --- Bob Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Did you read the actual straight line tutorial? It's here: > >> > >> http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ > > Simon Roberts wrote: > > > Nutshell version: no, I'd not seen this, yes, so far as I can make > out, > > I'm doing what the tutorial says, but no, I don't get any line. > > > > I get two crosshairs and a line joining the two as I move the mouse > > while holding shift (I can constrain the line to certain angles > with > > control too) but when I release shift, the whole thing goes away. > > I'm using 2.3.8. I must admit I did not find that tutorial explicit > enough, > or perhaps the method has changed. I had to do this: > > 1. One left click and release of the mouse at the point you want the > start > of the line. > 2. Hold shift down. Hold control down as well if you want constrained > > angles. > 3. Move the mouse - a guide line will be drawn - without clicking, to > where > you want the end of the line. > 4. Click and release the mouse button. The line will be drawn. > 5. Release the shift key. > > -- > Bob Long > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
