Dominik Vogt <dominik.v...@gmx.de> writes:
> Recently I find it annoying that hotkeys in menus can only be
> simple characters because of the menu item syntax, e.g.
>
> + &FvwmConsole ToggleFvwmConsole
> ^^^
>
> I'd like to extend the hotkey logic so that it also works with
> moulti character key names like "f1" and possibly sequences like
> "ctrl-shift-space". The code to allow this whoould be mostly
> there already, so the question of syntax remains.
>
> One option would be to somehow extend the existing syntax to allow
> longer key sequences, e.g.
>
> + FvwmConsole &(f1) ...
>
> (resulting in "FvwmConsole _f1_"), which might break existing
> menus. ANother option might be to add a separate hotkey menu
> command, e.g.
Seems to me like the above is the simplest and most intuitive solution.
I doubt we have a lot of existing menus using "(" as a short cut.
It's not real easy to use a shifted key as a shortcut key.
--
Dan Espen
