Now that the letterspacing support is in, the next thing I will do is the proper support for dx and dy attributes (it's sort-of supported now but actually useless, because only single values are supported, not lists as per SVG spec). This will allow kerning pairs of letters in a string as well as raising/lowering of characters on the string.

With all this, I need a set of keys for doing all the space adjustments in a text object from keyboard. These keys must be as consistent as possible with the rest of Inkscape. So, when you are editing text on the canvas:

Alt+<, Alt+> expand/contract current line (not the entire text object - I think it's more useful this way) by 1 pixel by adjusting letter spacing Shift+Alt+<, Shift+Alt+> same, by 10 pixels

(The above keys are already implemented - you can test them)

Alt+[, Alt+] expand/contract text object vertically by 1 pixel by adjusting line spacing Shift+Alt+[, Shift+Alt+] same, by 10 pixels

Alt+left, Alt+right kern closer/farther the pair of characters before and after the cursor by 1 pixel Shift+Alt+left, Shift+Alt+right same, by 10 pixels

Alt+up, Alt+down raise/lower the character after cursor by 1 pixel Shift+Alt+up, Shift+Alt+down same, by 10 pixels

All these movements are in pixels (as always with Alt), so the actual distance depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.

Suggestions, comments?

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