Version 0.48.2 r9819 , tool Spray Single Path Mode ,OS: windows 7 64 bits
in my opinion it has 2 bugs
1 although it is "Single Path Mode" it should not alter the original Path it should make a second Path where it makes its Single Path ting and leave the original as is
2 if the path is a straight line (freehand drawing, double click for line mode or diagram connector) Spray Single Path Mode will most certainly erase previous copies of the original line(that Spray Single Path Mode created) in the Path if in reach of the spray area or last copy created.
I see two possible causes for this
1 Spray Single Path Mode ignores a point(or 2) of the surrounding copies at some point to make its merging thing(?man I,m clueless) since lines only have 2 they disappear.
2 it cant close(connect start and end point) properly and has an filed space=null or line over line problems.
> 1 although it is "Single Path Mode" it should not alter
> the original Path it should make a second Path where
> it makes its Single Path ting and leave the original as is
Not reproduce in Inkscape 0.48.2: in the single path (union) mode, the original object is untouched (the unioned path does though include a copy of the original object stacked on top of it). If the the "sprayed" path itself is deleted, the original object gets visible again (it is not deleted, unless it was part of the selection which was deleted).
> 2 if the path is a straight line (…) will most certainly erase previous copies (…)
Reproduced in Inkscape 0.48.2: as far as I understand this is the same underlying issue as (i.e. a duplicate of) /bugs.launchpad .net/inkscape/ +bug/166009>
Bug #166009 “overlapping two-node straigh line paths disappear on union”
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A path operations like 'Union' does work on the area of 'unioned' objects, straight lines do not have an area and are discarded.
Workaround for the spray tool (as is for unioning the outlines of straight lines): select the original line and convert the stroke to path (menu 'Path > Stroke to Path), before using it as original object in the spray tool.