How to edit existing path?

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(04-20-2024, 11:08 PM)abrogard Wrote: HI,  thanks for this.  Just read it  Haven't looked at your links yet.
I used the path tool to make the path.
then i went to 'stroke path'.
the first time I did that nothing happened and  I learned  I needed to set the brush.
so did things with the brush options and tried again and I got a result:  wide green path.
when I open the file again and look at it I don't see the nodes any more.  I just see the wide green path.
I would like to be able to change the width of it and I would like to be able  to correct where it goes (it is literally a path on a map).
Right now I have done it all again and got a better path on another  instance but I'm still as inexpert as before,  still can't modify.
even when I click 'edit path'.
So now I'll go check your links.  Perhaps all will be explained there and I didn't need to put all this in here.  Ah well.  

Make the path visible and makes sure it is the current path (selected in the path list). That should make it show up on the canvas as a thin red line.

Start the path tool.

Click close to the red line. This should make the path anchors appear and the path tool will then edit that path.

Also, you probably want to stroke in "Line" mode, which usually gives cleaner results than stroking with a paint tool.