Re: [OSM-dev] GSoC 17 : JOSM- New main menu

2017-03-10 Thread Michael Zangl
Hi, That ticket is just a rough starting point. Simply implementing the changes there won't be enough for a full GSoC - you would be done in a week ;-). Some minor, easy changes may already be applied - don't worry about them. Your task would be to work on the big picture. So part of your task is

Re: [OSM-dev] GSoC 17 : JOSM- New main menu

2017-03-09 Thread Nathiesha Maddage
Hi Micheal, I studied the MainMenu class and the associated Activity classes, and got a basic idea on how the code is structured. I will get more familiarized with it as you have suggested, to come up with a clean up plan for the source code. I think the required changes of visual menu is all

Re: [OSM-dev] GSoC 17 : JOSM- New main menu

2017-03-07 Thread Michael Zangl
Hi Nathiesha, For this particular project, I'd recommend that you familiarize yourself with the editing options that JOSM provides. Fell free to install many plugins and see how they integrate into JOSM. You should also get familiar with the menu code, starting at the MainMenu class. It

Re: [OSM-dev] GSoC 17 : JOSM- New main menu

2017-03-07 Thread Nathiesha Maddage
Hi Michael, Thanks for the quick reply. I am Nathiesha Maddage, a final year undergraduate at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I participated in GSoC 2016 as well and completed the project successfully, by developing an Eclipse plugin. I was interested in OSM, since I was doing my final year

Re: [OSM-dev] GSoC 17 : JOSM- New main menu

2017-03-07 Thread Michael Zangl
Hi, I am the one who proposed that project. Getting your own compiled version of JOSM is a good starting point. You can experiment with the github repository. It has not been updated since January, but this should be no problem since there were only minor changes since then. It is just a

[OSM-dev] GSoC 17 : JOSM- New main menu

2017-03-07 Thread Nathiesha Maddage
Hi all, I downloaded the JOSM source code from the git hub repository [1] because I am more familiar with git than svn. Is that OK, or should I download the source code from the SVN repository, as git repository is listed as unofficial in the website [2]? [1].

[OSM-dev] GSoC 17 : JOSM: New main menu

2017-03-06 Thread Nathiesha Maddage
Hi all, I am Nathiesha Maddage, a final year undergraduate at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I participated in GSoC 2016 as well and completed the project successfully, by developing an Eclipse plugin. I was interested in OSM, since I was doing my final year University project on visualizing