Lennard wrote: > David Earl wrote: > >> I wonder - are you worrying that having added a node there is an elastic >> line emanating from it? This is only indicating what _will_ happen if >> you were to click, not what has happened already. You can just ignore >> the line, e.g. if the next thing you do is to press the "Add Tag" >> button. If you hold shift down, the elastic line goes away, indicating >> that the action will then be to create an unconnected node. If the >> elastic lines are worrying you, why not turn them off? Personally I find >> them helpful because they show me what will happen next with the various >> modifier keys.
Now I understand it. Yes, I'm looking at this line as the start of a next segment. I've been playing with it a bit now and it seems that it does not do much except annoy me that it's there. > Now we're hitting on something here. Psychology. > > I too find the elastic band disturbing at some level. I realise no map > element is really there yet, but still I find myself routinely hitting > 'S' to get rid of it, even if I don't have to. Apparently I like a clean > slate before I perform more actions. > > Perhaps the vi editor influenced me to *always* be sure of my keys and > edit mode, before I do the next action. ;) Well, I'm a vi man myself too, so maybe this plays a part in it. Maarten _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
