suppose that a construction creates from a segment a larger segment that extends the original one. In order to create a macro one needs to select the starting segment, but kig does not allow the user to chose between the two superposed segments. To try this out you can construct a segment, then its support line (from the context menu of the segment. Now try to construct a macro that has a segment as an argument and the line as the resulting object
Git commit f40deaf0c6f4256d2314f285773da23ab4a22920 by David E. Narváez. Committed on 09/10/2017 at 14:36. Pushed by narvaez into branch 'master'. Check the ObjectHolder Pointer is Valid One can get a null pointer from selecting two superimposed objects (Shift + Left Click) and then canceling the popup menu by clicking somewhere else. M +1 -1 modes/macro.cc https://commits.kde.org/kig/f40deaf0c6f4256d2314f285773da23ab4a22920
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This problem is still there. When constructing a macro it is not possible to chose among superimposed objects when selecting starting arguments or resulting objects. I checked kig version 22.08.1-1.fc36, which is the one shipped with the latest fedora distribution. I will soon try with the git development source.
Problem still present also in development version of kig: $ kig --version kig 23.03.70 in case of superimposed objects, when selecting input objects while defining a macro, kig will not allow the user to select the preferred object.
(In reply to Maurizio Paolini from comment #4) > Problem still present also in development version of kig: > $ kig --version > kig 23.03.70 > > in case of superimposed objects, when selecting input objects while defining > a macro, kig will not allow the user to select the preferred object. Have you tried Shfit + Click? I just tried defining the macro from the first comment (one that constructs the support line of a segment) and this worked.
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As suggested by David it is actually possible to select the desired object by using shift-click. This however raises the question: is this written in some doc? (I think no). Would it be feasible to add a message to the user at the moment of macro definition? Maurizio