[josm-dev] Shortcuts

[Dirk Stöcker]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Ian Dees wrote:

> I agree that JOSM core should get preference for plugin conflicts, but I
> think that if a user has explicitly set a key binding by unchecking the
> "Use Default" option, nothing but the user should change that key binding.
> For example, I explicitly set "W" to "Draw Buildings" (unchecking "Use
> Default" in the process) and when I just downloaded a new JOSM JAR and ran
> it, the plugin keybinding switched back to Ctrl+Shift+W.

During the update process old preferences are lost, as Shortcut system 
changes a lot. I may add a portability fix before next tested, but I doubt 
it is worth the effort. You may need to reapply your own bindings after 
this transition period.

Temporary downgrading josm should get your old bindings back. Reapplying 
them now may cause a loss soon again, as new design is not yet final.

> If a user has gone to the trouble of explicitly setting up their key
> bindings, nothing should override it.

Agreed, but this is still voluntary OpenSource and for a developer it is 
much easier to update when he simply can drop old stuff. ;-) For 
self-assigned shortcuts I assumed, that the number of affected users will 
be very small and thus I made no compatibility transition (especially as 
anyway a lot of trouble will come, so a little more trouble wont be 
noticed :-)

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