[OSM-newbies] JOSM under Linux / New wiki page

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 27 March 2008 19:50:05 Andrew Allison wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 19:22 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 March 2008 18:05:00 Andrew Allison wrote:
> > > Just a note to the list for posterity:
> > >
> > > Found this gem buried in the help files under the delete section
> > >
> > >   If your using KDE you need to modify the Alt key operation in the
> > > control center. If you don't you'll never (well if you click often
> > > enough) be able draw a second road /way without it connecting to the
> > > first one.
> > >
> > > http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Josm-under-Linux
> >
> > Could you spell that out for us?  What exactly do we look for in
> > kcontrol, and to what should we change it?
> >
> > Anne
>
> Hello, fellow Linux user, having the same problem as me. JOSM kept
> wanting to extend a road when I wanted a new road?
>
I did a test run a few weeks ago, then family issues got in the way, so I'm 
gearing up to starting afresh.

> I only had 2 choices from the drop down box so I picked Meta.
>
>
> Here's the detailed steps.
>
> I clicked on
> Control Center from the menu this brought up KDE Control Center
> Then the second option down on the left menu was Desktop
> Clicking on the plus sign expanded a sub menu.
> Then I clicked on Window Behavior (fifth one down)
> This brought up a tabbed window
> The third tab to the right is Window Actions
> In the drop down box beside Modifier Key (forth drop down menu box down)
> I changed if from ALT to Meta (the only other choice)
>
I thought I had been through kcontrol, but I'd missed it.  Thanks for the 
pointer.

> Once you make the change, the Apply button will illuminate in the bottom
> right. You can now hit Apply and the File and Quit.
>
>
> P.S. I'm NO expert. I've only been using JOSM for about 1 week and it's
> driving me crazy.
>
> I'm creating a wiki page / Notes to my self on how JOSM works.
> You can take a look here. This is a work in progress
>
> http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/HowTo/JOSM-under-Linux
>
I'll take a look at that in the morning, thanks.  It's getting late and the 
brain gets soggy :-)

Anne
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