[josm-dev] "Add nodes" functionality changed?

[Stefan Breunig]

> Why would I expect that to work?  Shift is a modifier key; ESC is not.

By a powerful gift that that goes beyond guessing you are obviously
capable of (reading). Also, why should you expect that JOSM uses
modifier keys at all? I certainly didn't know when first using JOSM, I
found out in the wiki. You can keep U pressed, too, if that makes it
less awkward :).

> I'd still like an option to add nodes without continuing a way after that.
> What is the objection of having a method for that, perhaps tied to the letter N?

What's your objection with the "ESC" or the "U" key? I believe
unselect also shows up in the keyboard settings, so you should be able
to place it to a better reachable key if you like.

> I've tried this and JOSM does not seem to like it very much. It takes
> a very long time to add nodes to an existing way this way. It is even much
> slower than "click"-"ESC"-"click"-"ESC"- etc.

Works fine for me. Can you please try if it works fine with U (maybe
it's a Java Version/Operating System issue?) and if not, open a bug
report.

Greetings
xeen

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