[josm-dev] Shortcuts

[Dirk Stöcker]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:

> yes, I know this, but it never worked well for me. As soon as you
> start to make your own shortcuts (or by the time a core function or
> plugin (different to the function you assigned the shortcut to)
> decides to use this shortcut as well) you will get chain reactions of
> silent-shortcut conflicts, and even the main shortcuts like "a" and
> "s" were then redefined for this reason (because I had used a
> userdefined shortcut that otherwise a plugin or core function would
> have used, so that function used "a" or "s" then, and selection went
> to ctrl+shift+s (or similar, its only an example, and I don't recall
> right the circumstances, but I am sure it really was "a" and "s"
> remapped)). The only way for me to live in peace was to go back to
> default shortcuts.

To get own shortcuts working reliable, you either need to switch shortcuts 
or UNDEFINE shortcuts (yes, this is possible!).

Ciao
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