Cut a line (vector) at the intersection of another line

Hello,

Maybe I missed something (I read the help Node Editing Tool), but I can’t find how to cut a line (ideally at the intersection of another one)

Cut in half or cut off any excess (trim) or cut between two lines (break out) .

?
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I found the Lightburn YouTube video on Node Editing to be very helpful.

Check this out: https://github.com/LightBurnSoftware/Documentation/blob/master/CreatingNewVectors.md

Here are the options available while using ‘Edit Nodes’ feature.

https://github.com/LightBurnSoftware/Documentation/blob/c486180cfac30f5237872f7e10ec2d463ec3a18a/CreatingNewVectors.md#node-editing-tool-

There isn’t a snipping tool like this yet, but it’s planned. For now you’d hover over the line and use the i key to ‘insert’ a new node, then hover over and press d to delete the segment after the node you just made.

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I had indeed tried this (inserting new nodes), but then I used D above a node and not above the part of the line to be deleted itself.
It is working now.

Thank you Oz
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An intermediate way (and maybe easier to code?) could be to allow the node insertion (‘I’) to use the existing feature ‘Snap to objects

I don’t know if that’s possible?
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