Re: Key bindings proposal

[Jan Djärv]

Stefan Monnier skrev 2010-08-28 02.01:
> > > IIRC, last time we discussed this, we decided that the latter approach
> > > would be best.  We also considered adopting the GTK approach and replacing
> > > _ with ~ on windows (and whatever is appropriate on Mac), but that leaves
> > > lucid and text menus needing to remove the character all the time.
>
> > It seems I missed this decision in this overlong thread.
>
> So have I.
>
> > What would be a good scheme for values of `key-accel'?
> > It could either specify the absolute position of the accelerator
> > in the menu label string (an integer value like `:key-accel 6'),
> > or the accelerator itself as a character (like `:key-accel ?A').
>
> Neither sounds good when you think of a possible future addition
> of gettext.

I know that strings for translations in Gtk+ programs include the _ for 
marking the accelerator, so translators have to choose a new one in their 
languages.  But I don't think this is something to worry about now, as we 
don't even have plans for including gettext yet.

        Jan D.