Eraser, brush and spraycan tool

[Richard Gaskin]

J. Landman Gay wrote:
> Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
>> At 10:25 AM +0200 10/13/2006, Klaus Major wrote:
>>>> I was just checking on this again. I can't get the spray can, brush 
>>>> tool, or eraser to work.
>>>
>>> did a short test here and it looks like one has to doubleclick these 
>>> tools first
>>> and then select any brush size in the brush dialog that pops up.
>>> Then all these tools are working fine.
>>>
>>> So I don't think this is a bug but rather "unexspected" bejaviour :-)
>>
>>
>> Is the brush property not being set by default, then? That might 
>> explain this...
>>
>> (...although I would call it an engine bug, if there is no default 
>> brush size and the engine simply shrugs if you choose the brush or 
>> eraser without setting one first.)
> 
> That's it, you've found it! Thanks VERY much.
> 
> The brush is set to 8 by default, and the eraser is set to 2. But they 
> don't work until you specifically set them again. So from the message 
> box, this now works:
> 
> set the eraser to 5;choose eraser tool
> 
> and bingo, I have an eraser. Thanks Jeanne. It was just the mental nudge 
> I needed.

While it's nice to be able to work around this, if it took a few days 
for one of the most experienced scripters in the Rev world I'd hate to 
think what would happen with a newcomer.  Have you BZ'd this?  Seems 
like it would be best if the engine just remembered its own settings.

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