On 17/01/2013 17:06, Valerio Aimale wrote:
On 1/16/13 8:56 AM, ~suv wrote:
- No keyboard shortcuts for menu items
- No hints for menu items in the status bar
- ...
(see my earlier replies for related bug report numbers)
Are these indeed issues which need to be fixed in platform-/distro-/desktop- and/or backend-specific patches, or is it reasonable to assume that they are rooted in the same structure of Inkscape's current code base, and might have a better chance to get addressed in a joint effort if not being tagged with 'osx only'?
This is due to the fact that Inkscpae does not use GtkAccel in menuitems' GtkLabels. Without adding that logic, it won;t happen. Are menu accelerators symbols a show stopper for an OSX 0.48.4?
No, I don't think that the missing symbols are a show stopper: My main concerns are about communicating changes to users: - How do users switching from the X11 version know right away whether they have to relearn the shortcuts with the Quartz-based 0.48.4 package, or whether the old shortcuts are still in effect? - What about new users? - If the modifiers are switched (for verb-based commands only), what about the online 'Inkscape keyboard and mouse reference'? Does it need a separate version for the latest Mac package? - ...
To be honest, based on the RC1 package, it's somewhat unclear to me at the moment whether you plan to replace 'Ctrl' with 'Cmd' for the verb-based shortcuts (using the patch from https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1097539 and a modified 'keys/default.xml' file), or rather keep it optional.