[josm-dev] PATCH: in "Draw" mode, extend current way

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> >> Another option would be: simply act as if the nearest end point of the
> >> selected way were selected. That would eliminate having to click on
> >> the desired end point - and for those 0.5% of cases where you actually
> >> want to draw a segment from the far end of the way and not from the
> >> near end, you'll have to shift-click the node...
> 
> This is exactly what I meant.

I think we'll do that then.

> > A visual indication on the end that will be extended would be provided 
> > by the terminal mode being highlighted. This would then make it 
> > consistent with joining only to selected nodes when a way was not selected.
> 
> As I wrote in an earlier mail I would love to see JOSM draw a line
> from the node it would extend from to the mouse pointer. I think this
> would help a lot with aligning ways to existing ways or imagery. Don't
> know what is involved to make that happen, though.

You'll probably have to have a little patience with this. While it
would be relatively easy to draw a line to the current mouse pointer,
I would prefer a bigger solution that will display a temporary
rendition of what will happen if you click the button - including the
line to the last point, but also any nodes placed near or into
existing ways and so on. This will however take some restructuring of
the display engine in order not to slow down work too much.

Bye
Frederik

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