[OSM-newbies] Potlatch Copy

[Margie Roswell]

what does "nothing we can't fix" mean? Fix how?

in any case, by the time you press:
p
radio button
0
j
move the item
unlock
etc.

It hardly seems like copying has much time-saving value at all...

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
> Margie Roswell wrote:
>> When I do this, I get a "Click to unlock" note, and all sorts of
>> animated blinking circles around nodes. I really don't get what's
>> going on there.
>>
>> Also, the new area seems to be a way rather than an area.
>>
>> Once I understand what's going on, I can make a little screencast to
>> explain it... but can't do it, until I understand it.
>>
>> Here's what works:
>> create an area
>> press p
>> choose 0 offset
>>  that's when the unlock note, and the animated blinking circles appear
>> I can move the item, and indeed, I see two, but the new one has a
>> blinking node, as well.
>>
>> Even when I click unlock, the blinking nodes appear, and both objects
>> turn into ways rather than areas.
>>
>> Can anyone explain?
>>
>> Margie
> Richard Fairhurst over on Talk said the flashing circles were for when
> points were duplicated with other points, but he made a cock-up & they
> blink for newly created nodes as well. He said it had been fixed but
> doesn't appear to have been released yet. And yes, it is slightly
> annoying they're unjoined ways  instead of areas, but nothing we can't fix.
>
> Cheers
> Dave F
>
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