Draw paths in multiple colors (canvas plugin)

I'm working on a small project where I'm using the Canvas Plugin by R0J0hound, but I'm running into a problem.

I want the "paint" color to change depending on user selection. So far I have green and white. Each draws just fine in each color. HOWEVER, when I change the color to use, the existing paths turn the new selected color.

How do I fix this bug? Thank ye in advance!

Screenshot of what I have so far:

You need to reset the lines to be drawn with "begin path", otherwise it will just redraw the lines again and again.

(Forgive my naive questions, I'm pretty new to C2). I assume I put the "begin path" before the draw path? If so, what am I doing wrong? Because no lines get drawn at that point.

probably put it after would work. Basically any time you want any lines added to be a new line.

begin path

move to

line to

line to

draw path

What values would the "move to" and both "line to"s hold?

eh... what you're already using.

I just ask, because of the two "line to"s.

Forgive my newness--to all this. It's clearly showing as I'm learning. Now I have a new problem. When I go to draw a line, a line shows up, but when clicking again, the last line disappears.

Those "Clear canvas" on lines 2 and 3 certainly have something to do with it.

Welp. That figures. Thanks for that. Any idea why it might draw a straight line instead of a painted path?

Here's my CAPX so you can see my bizzare problem. The good news is the color changing is fixed, but now there is something weird going on with the lines.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9771gj9cgjak ... .capx?dl=0

I'm not entirely sure what you want exactly, but I believe a staging canvas will help you achieve your goal. The staging canvas get cleared before every draw call, and the "real" canvas get drawn on only the left mouse button release.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5eqad3p64yfgs ... .capx?dl=0

I'm looking for more of a freeform painting/coloring path rather than a line.

Then you need to set the mouseX and mouseY variables to Mouse.X and Mouse.Y after each draw call, so that the next one will draw a "line" from the previous position to the current one, giving you a crude but effective illusion of freeform painting.

How so? I put it down, but no line is drawn. Rather, I have a dot that follows the cursor and dots are put down whenever I click.