[josm-dev] Please do not change long established shortcuts

[Maarten Deen]

Dirk Stöcker wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2012, Maarten Deen wrote:
> 
>>>  'N' was simply a secondary key for 'A' for a very long time now. It had
>>>  exactly same function and thus has been removed. To place a single node
>>>  use <SHIFT> + Click or <ESC> and afterwards Click.
>>
>> N had not the same function. A starts a way, N sets a node. To set one node 
>> now, you have to do the things you mention. To set one note before you only 
>> had to select N and click once.
> 
> I find no code which validates your description. <N> was removed in this 
> changeset and it was a simple analogon to <A>:
> 
> https://josm.openstreetmap.de/changeset/4956/josm/trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/mapmode/DrawAction.java
> 
> If it was as you described, then it vanished a long time ago and nobody 
> noticed it. Which also is a good point to remove it.

You are right, the simple fact that the N was dropped must have set me on the 
wrong foot. But I still remember there was a way (then maybe even longer ago) 
that you could just set one node and be done with it.

But there you go: change one simple thing and there are people who are 
completely off track. You can make fun of this, but that's what happens.

Still haven't found a mention that the N was going to be dropped.

Maarten