text: yep, they kept the original way with connections to the pedestrian crossings, and best of all, they used josm for the repair.
  
  trying to catch up on changeset comments now, so i should see their reply in the next few days.
  
  blast, meant to go node-by-node on the old segment to verify there were no new added junctions i overlooked, before losing that session.  oh well, to get a real non-b0rked mouse in the next days, to avoid the need for three-finger taps (two-finger doesn't do what i want somehow, and i think i know why, and know no workaround)