Re: what is that layers symbol about ?

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon freemail ru>]

Greetings, hugo borrell!

> > Can someone tell me what's the meaning and usage of this simbol in the
> > layers pannel ?

> > (see attached screenshot)

> It's a link-layer. Anchors from this layer will propagate to the currently
> selected layer, and you will be able to attach objects drawn on one layer to
> anchor points located in other layers.
> Be warned that behavior of this feature is not per-layer, but rather some kind
> of mix of global and content-sensitive.

**context-sensitive (sorry...)
Also, there's more thorough explanation of the (mis)behavior: 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662484

> Also, (to my understanding) due to internal caveats, it is not recommended to
> anchor objects to layers above the one they are drawn on.


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon freemail ru) 01.08.2013, <15:53>

Sorry for my terrible english...