The
usual mode of drawing with points is to draw with curved points and use the Ctrl
key to draw a line. This may be undesirable for some art. You can use this
button to switch the way that operates – pressing it will cause drawing to
default to a line, and the Ctrl key will cause points to be a curve. Note that
using the Shift key to make a line constrained to 15 degree angles will work
either way – you can constrain the line angle as long as you are not making a
curve.