JOSM/MacOS
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Start JOSM
Mac OS X
You need Mac OS 10.4 or better. 10.3 will not do the job. In 10.4.x and 10.5.x, simply double click on the jar file and Java 1.5 should load the JOSM jar file. If you need to allocate more memory to JOSM (in order to edit larger files or you get the 'strange things may happen' memory error),
- Go to Applications and then Utilities in Finder.
- Open Terminal
- Change to the directory where josm-latest.jar is... If it's on your desktop, try 'cd Desktop'
- Copy and paste the following line in to the terminal to start JOSM with more memory:
java -jar -Xmx512M josm-latest.jar
Include -Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true to place the menu on the OS X menu bar, and -Xdock:name="JOSM" -Xdock:icon="logo.png" to give it icon and name.
If you're not familiar with scripts just use the Jar Bundler application, coming with MacOS X. It'll create a start application, let's call it "JOSM!". You'll find it here /Developer/Applications/Java Tools/ or here /Developer/Applications/Utilities/. Just double click to launch it. In the first menu build information enter the location of the just downloaded JOSM jar file by clicking the choose... button. In the third menu properties choose the edit box vm options to enter the appropriate memory settings. If you're able to afford it try spending up to a GB RAM to JOSM. Here's what to enter into the edit box: -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M (which starts the JOSM application with 512MB and grants up to 1GB of RAM). Then press create application... to create the start application (call it JOSM!, f.e.). JOSM! does not have to be in the same directory as the jar file. Just save or move JOSM! to your applications folder. Double click JOSM! to start the JOSM aplication.
Manually install JOSM plugins
Usually you don't need to install plugins manually! JOSM provides a plugin manager (under Edit/Preferences/Plugins) that makes it very easy to install plugins.
A list of plugins is on the JOSM/Plugins page in this Wiki, and also in the JOSM Wiki. Plugins are manually installed as described below:
Linux & Mac OS X
- Install Java Runtime, if not already installed
- To install plugins, save them in
~/.josm/plugins(e.g./home/$USER/.josm/plugins/wmsplugin.jar)
