Re: non-latin accelerator keys

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 24/12/2005, at 10:04 PM, Raphael Higino wrote:
> > I see. Something like "gl_[u]Ãcklich", so pressing alt-u can  
> > activate the
> > item?
>
> But this one, it really shows an important use of this feature. It  
> would
> really help me with some translations in order to make some  
> accelerators
> more intuitive for users.
>
> In sound-juicer, for example, with the string
>
> msgid "_Album"
> msgstr "Ãl_bum"
>
> I can't use à as the accelerator since it requires multiple  
> keystrokes. But
> if I did so, most users'd think pressing Alt-A would be enough (as  
> a matter
> of fact, I don't know if it is or not). In fact, I'm almost sure  
> that is
> more intuitive, or at least is the way an unexperienced user would  
> think it
> works.
>
> I'd like to use A as the accelerator rather than b or Ã, since it's  
> more
> intuitive and wouldn't require so many keystrokes. "_[A]Ãlbum"  
> would be the
> best for Brazilian Portuguese.
This is a compromise that would also work for Vietnamese, since we  
have a preponderance of dead-key-accented vowels. But how will we  
make sure the user knows which key to press?

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhÃm  
Viát hÃa phán mám tá do)
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