[josm-dev] problems with saving files in JOSM

[Karl Newman]

On Jan 3, 2008 9:56 AM, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping at web.de> wrote:
> Igor Brejc schrieb:
> >>> A month or so ago I reported a bug with saving OSM files in JOSM
> >>> (version from 2007-12-29). Basically, neither the "Save" or "Save As"
> >>> seem to function after the first saving of newly downloaded OSM data
> >>> (I'm running it on Windows, by the way). The files does get a new
> >>> date/time, but when I compare it with the backup file, it is
> >>> identical, even though I added new nodes and ways into it.
> >>>
> I can remember that I had problems saving stuff some weeks (months?)
> ago, but couldn't find the real cause of it. However, I don't have such
> problems since then.
>
> Maybe this has something to do with the way JAVA works with the native
> File Save dialog on Windows, so this is a "Windows only" problem.
>
> It might help to explicitly set the file type to "OSM server files" ...
>
> Regards, ULFL
>

I'd be careful about blaming Windows for this. The auto-complete
typeover bug was written off as a "Windows-only" problem (or Windows
look-and-feel anyway) for a long time, but it was solved by reordering
the function calls in a manner that worked on all platforms. There may
be some quirks in the code that are only manifested on Windows, but
it's worth investigating in any case.

Karl