[josm-dev] Put a default bookmarks file into the JOSM package?

[Shaun McDonald]

On 22 Oct 2007, at 23:20, Ulf Lamping wrote:

> Hi!
>
> In the JOSM Windows installer package, I'll add a default bookmarks  
> file to the set of installed files (well, unless a bookmarks file  
> already exists on the machine in which case this step is ommitted).

The way I'd do it is have it as part of the JAR, when the user runs  
JOSM it will check to  see if the bookmarks file exists. If not it  
will create the default bookmark file for the user. This means that  
on multi users systems it will work better since it happens on every  
run, the second user will have a chance to get the default bookmarks.

When I've got time I'll package a .app of the josm-latest.jar for Mac  
OS X.

>
> In my experience, it's a good idea to provide some example data for  
> a specific feature, so people have it easier to understand what the  
> feature is all about. Klicking on an item like "GB - London" is far  
> easier to understand than to see an "empty dialog" and have to  
> figure out how to set your own bookmarks IMHO.
>

Nice idea. What about the name Finder plugin , which does something  
similar?

>
> I've attached the bookmarks file I've just newly assembled for the  
> Windows installer, which might work as a starting point for further  
> improvements. It contains the following items:
>

Just the windows installer? Why not have it upstream for all OSes?
[[.]
> GB - Edinburgh, 
> 55.92398899551622,-3.224983983067846,55.97629637675515,-3.163063030619 
> 4685

Is it intentional to include only the city centre and not the whole  
of Edinburgh like the name finder plugin?

> [..]
>
> Would it be a good idea to put something like this as the default  
> "bookmarks" file into the JOSM package? Or is this a dumb idea for  
> a reason I just don't see? ;-)
>

It would be a nice idea for those who don't have any GPS traces to  
start with.

> Regards, ULFL
>
>
> P.S: The usual reason against such a feature is "but then users  
> won't see that they can add/change their own values" - but as that  
> dialog has "Add" / "Remove" buttons right below the bookmark list,  
> this is probably not a problem here ...

Exactly not a problem here.

Shaun