On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:05 AM, David Earl <<a href="mailto:david@frankieandshadow.com">david@frankieandshadow.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On 11/06/2008, Shaun McDonald <<a href="mailto:shaun@shaunmcdonald.me.uk">shaun@shaunmcdonald.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 11 Jun 2008, at 08:06, David Earl wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On 11/06/2008 04:32, Adam Schreiber wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Simon Wood <<a href="mailto:simon@mungewell.org">simon@mungewell.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > Q). Is there some what to duplicate a way/node on another layer<br>
> without this displacement?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > I've run into this bug during the US state borders import. My<br>
> > > solution was to select what I wanted to c&p, zoom to selection, copy<br>
> > > selection, switch layers, and paste. That should take care of things<br>
> > > for now.<br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> > This isn't a bug, it is intentional. It pastes in the centre of the<br>
> > screen so that you don't have to search for the thing you pasted (which<br>
> > might be anywhere in the area you're working in), on the basis that<br>
> > you're trying to create something based on something similar, and you<br>
> > will want it near where you're working. I wasn't envisaging it would be<br>
> > used to replicate a data set.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Maybe there should be an option to move or copy to another layer in the same<br>
> location?<br>
<br>
</div>That would certainly be pretty straightforward to do.<br>
<br>
Would people prefer<br>
1. an additional paste operation ("Paste in same place" / "Duplicate<br>
in same place")<br>
2. a "Duplicate Layer" option on the context menu of the layer<br>
3. A Preferences option to change the behaviour of paste<br>
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David<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>Just for a point of reference, AutoCAD has "Paste to original coordinates".<br><br>Karl<br>