Problems with selection

[Ralf Engels]

Hi,
I noticed the following problems with selection

1. selinfo seems strange
As far as I understand the selection is stored in a seperate data structure 
from the actual objects.
I can only see one benefit (seperation graphic objects from UI) but a lot of 
difficulties.
If the objects are changed the selinfo tree has to be updated.
Checking if an object is selected is difficult.
Different data structure where all operations on objects have to be mirrored.

I think we should discuss about the design decission a little bit.

2. There seems to be no way to select the points in the curve object.
curveobject.c defines two functions to select segments (select_segment and 
select_rect). 
It seems though that they don't work correct.
Example:
select a bezier -> path.selection_count() == 0
select a single point with the point-selection-tool  -> path.selection_count() 
== 0
try to call close_nodes on the bezier: not working because no point is 
selected.

happy new year,
Ralf

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Ralf Engels
Software design engineer
www.rengels.de