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Duplicate pattern option redundant for Scatter extension

Migrated from https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1733228

Steps to reproduce:

  • Open Inkscape
  • Draw a rectangle and convert to path
  • Draw a long line
  • Select both
  • Go to menu Extensions > Generate from Path > Scatter
  • Apply

What happened?

  • Duplicate pattern before deformation does nothing
  • We already have Original pattern will be: (Moved | Copied | Cloned)
  • Comment in pathscatter.py TODO: allow 4th option: duplicate the first copy and clone the next ones.

What should have happened?

  • Remove the duplicate pattern option.
    • Maybe it could interact with the "Original pattern will be" option, but it's probably better just to add a fourth option to (Moved | Copied | Cloned)

Version Info:

  • Still in Inkscape 1.1-rc (f8a4456a53, 2021-05-09), and extensions at trunk
  • Originally reported in Inkscape 0.92.2 5c3e80d, 2017-08-06 on Arch Linux under Gnome 3
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