[josm-dev] JOSM needs Edit/Cut and Edit/Delete actions

[Ulf Lamping]

Hi list!

While working on the JOSM menu, I've noticed that JOSM lacks of an 
*action* to delete nodes.

Suddenly I've recognized, what I didn't like about the delete mode: It's 
different from any other application I know. Usually to delete an 
object, you'll select it and then press the delete key or use the 
corresponding menu entry Edit/Delete (or as an alternative Ctrl+X or 
Edit/Cut with the same effect).

Well, it's quite ok to to it differently than anyone else - if there's a 
good reason.


I guess most of the time I only need to delete a single (or very few) 
node or so, so I do the following:

- select an object (node/way/whatever)
- select delete mode (the object goes away)
- try to select something else (this object goes away)
- "remembering to be still in delete mode"
- press Ctrl-Z to undo the previous delete operation
- select move mode
- try to select something else (this time, the object doesn't go away :-)
- ... be annoyed!

While the delete mode might be helpful for "bulk delete" operations, 
e.g. you need to delete an almost duplicate way from another user. But I 
hope the above makes it more clear why the current delete mode is not 
the right thing for the common delete task.

The common task for me to delete an object usually is:

- select an object
- press Ctrl+X
- ... continue editing


Unfortunately, I don't have enough "internal JOSM" knowledge to 
implement it (but at least I can help to integrate it into the menu ;-)

Anyone going to help implement it or is my observation just utterly wrong?

Regards, ULFL