Hi
Most of idea here might be implemented as native Krita’s functionality:
- Python API are not evolved enough to let Python plugin developer to implement things that will interact with canvas
- Python is a slow interpreted language and the risk is, if API are opened to let a Python plugin to interact with canvas, to slow down Krita’s performances; and you can be sure in this case that users will complain about Krita and not about the plugin…
After, with Qt, it’s still possible to tweak things, but tweaks are tweaks and:
- are source of bugs and unwanted behavior
- can be not functional anymore at any time (especially if something change in Krita’s UI)
@tiar already gave an answer about which plugins can be (easily) made in Python.
Can add this one:
Not possible to do through a Python plugin.
There’s too much missing API
And can also add this one:
This one can be done.
There’s already a similar plugin ([plugin] Pie Menu v0.4) even if it’s not exactly what is asked here (especially because of “I also don’t like the circular shape”)
Grum999