On 11/06/2008, Shaun McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11 Jun 2008, at 08:06, David Earl wrote: > > > On 11/06/2008 04:32, Adam Schreiber wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Simon Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Q). Is there some what to duplicate a way/node on another layer > without this displacement? > > > > > > > > > > I've run into this bug during the US state borders import. My > > > solution was to select what I wanted to c&p, zoom to selection, copy > > > selection, switch layers, and paste. That should take care of things > > > for now. > > > > > > > This isn't a bug, it is intentional. It pastes in the centre of the > > screen so that you don't have to search for the thing you pasted (which > > might be anywhere in the area you're working in), on the basis that > > you're trying to create something based on something similar, and you > > will want it near where you're working. I wasn't envisaging it would be > > used to replicate a data set. > > > > > > Maybe there should be an option to move or copy to another layer in the same > location?
That would certainly be pretty straightforward to do. Would people prefer 1. an additional paste operation ("Paste in same place" / "Duplicate in same place") 2. a "Duplicate Layer" option on the context menu of the layer 3. A Preferences option to change the behaviour of paste David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk