1. It is fixed in the 2.99.10 dev version: https://i.imgur.com/pq43Dvp.jpg I recall seeing the item in the Gimp commit log (but I can not now find it) I think it might be fixed in the next 2.10 version.
2. Stroke path with eraser tool does work, the only annoyance is having to select it every time.
3. You can stroke a path with the smudge tool, but you could give details of what you require.
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edit: From here https://github.com/GNOME/gimp/commit/023...314b7ceff3
- Stroking a path with source tools (Clone, Heal…) is now possible
when the tool is active and a source was selected.
Technically it's more of a bug fix because the GUI existed as though
it was meant to work, but since the report has existed for more than
13 years and I'm not sure it has ever worked, it's worth writing it
here.
No mention of Gimp 2.10 so maybe it will not get fixed
2. Stroke path with eraser tool does work, the only annoyance is having to select it every time.
3. You can stroke a path with the smudge tool, but you could give details of what you require.
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edit: From here https://github.com/GNOME/gimp/commit/023...314b7ceff3
- Stroking a path with source tools (Clone, Heal…) is now possible
when the tool is active and a source was selected.
Technically it's more of a bug fix because the GUI existed as though
it was meant to work, but since the report has existed for more than
13 years and I'm not sure it has ever worked, it's worth writing it
here.
No mention of Gimp 2.10 so maybe it will not get fixed