[OSM-talk] JOSM API 0.5 -- bug?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> 1) If you construct a way and you include nodes which are ends of other 
> ways (but not intermediate nodes of other ways), it splits your new way.

True. That's because JOSM currently has no "state" information. You
know that you are just creating a way, but all JOSM knows is "there is
a node selected which is used by two ways - phew I don't know which
one to connect to, so start a new way".

Could be overcome, perhaps, by having the way instead of (or in
addition to) the node selected when you enter new ways. That would
also make it easy to tag once it's finished.

> 2) If you select a node which is the end of an existing way, and then 
> construct another way, it extends the existing way - even if you don't 
> want to.

This can be overcome by using the "alt" modifier key.

Bye
Frederik

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