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3087	User friendly representation of shortcut keys	egmont		"Emacs style shortcut keys in the F9 dropdown menus (such as M-h) are really not user friendly, especially for new users.

What's that ""C-""? Okay let's imagine one figures out it's Ctrl. Then what's ""M-""??? The vast majority of users don't have a Meta key (they haven't ever heard about it), they have an Alt key. You may want to try to teach them about legacy Unix systems of ~30 years ago, but honestly today when pretty much all the keyboards have ""Ctrl"" and ""Alt"", who cares?

I recommend switching to shortcut key representations that are easy to understand and match the labeling of most keyboards and the current trends of desktop environments, that is: ""Ctrl+"" or ""Alt+"" followed by the uppercase letter. Representation in the F9 dropdown menu, as well as in the documentation (help, manual) should be updated too. These two words should be sent through gettext, e.g. German keyboards have ""Strg"" instead of ""Ctrl"".

If hardcore mc users insist, we could keep a config option to show the more compact Emacs representation in the F9 menu, but it shouldn't be the default.

A random article about the same issue: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/modernization_meta_key.html
"	enhancement	new	minor	Future Releases	mc-core	4.8.10			gotar@…			no branch