Lockable Plow?

[ryanbugden]

Is there a way to start a plow, and keep it there?
Maybe something like:

1. Hold StemPlow hotkey, press Enter to lock it (Locks the x/y origin of the plow)
2. Make changes to the glyph, see how measurement from the static origin changes.
3. Hitting Escape removes all plows.
   That way you wouldn't have to change your drawing, check the plow, change, check plow, etc.

I implemented something similar in a fork of @typesupply ’s Laser Measure.
https://github.com/ryanbugden/lasermeasure/tree/development

More discussion on this on LM:

1. Persistent measurements. typesupply/lasermeasure#34 (comment)
2. Settings UI, measure on keyDown, persistent measurement behavior typesupply/lasermeasure#42 (comment)

[ryanbugden]

Edit: the Measure: always setting in the UI achieves this! The only request I would have is to not make this require going into Settings. While drawing, I might want to quickly lock it (always) and then unlock it once I'm done making my edits.

[ryanbugden]

Also: Changing glyphs leaves behind some stuff:

[RafalBuchner]

Edit: the Measure: always setting in the UI achieves this! The only request I would have is to not make this require going into Settings. While drawing, I might want to quickly lock it (always) and then unlock it once I'm done making my edits.

I think we already discussed it somewhere else, but could you describe how it could be implemented again?