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The preference setting only applies to the keyboard shortcuts to delete nodes (<Del>, <Backspace>) - i.e. those two shortcuts which allow to temporarily switch deletion mode by pressing 'Ctrl' - but not to the mouse shortcut, nor to the button ('-') on the tool controls bar.
Quoting from the release notes of Inkscape 0.44 ('preserve shape' was introduced as new behavior):
«New deletion behavior
In Node tool, deleting node(s) by Del/Backspace keys or by Ctrl+Alt+clicking a node now tries to preserve, as much as possible, the current shape of the path. This means that the nodes adjacent to those being deleted have their handles adjusted to approximate the form that the path had before deletion. For example, if you Ctrl+Alt+click a path twice, once to add a new node and then to delete it, the path will not change at all (or change very slightly). The old deletion behavior without adjusting handles is still available via Ctrl+Del or Ctrl+Backspace. »
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Quoting from the manual:
« (Backspace, Delete, or Ctrl+Alt+Left Mouse Click): Delete selected nodes. Inkscape will attempt to preserve the shape of the path when nodes are removed by adjusting the handles of adjacent nodes. If you wish to remove a node and not change the handles of adjacent nodes use Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+Delete. »
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Discussion on the developers mailing list which -among other things- resulted in adding the preference setting to switch default modes for Del/Backspace (in Inkscape 0.48):
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Commit implementing the toggle mode only for keyboard shortcuts 'Del'/'Backspace':
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