id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	branch_state	votes
3725	Don't limit hotkeys in user menu to simple letters only	mooffie		"Currently, menu labels in the user menu have their 1st character interpreted as hotkeys:

{{{
@      Do something on the current file
0      Edit a bug report and send it to root
2      Call the info hypertext browser
3      Compress the current subdirectory (tar.gz)
d      Delete file if a copy exists in the other directory.
...
c      Copy to clipboard the current dir's path
C      Copy to clipboard the current file's path
D      Copy to clipboard the current file itself
X      Cut to clipboard the current file itself
V      Paste files from clipboard
Q      Copy to clipboard the first URL mentioned in the file.
}}}

This is quite limiting when there are many menu items. The attached patch lets the user specify any hotkey. Example (only the last four lines have changed):

{{{
@      Do something on the current file
0      Edit a bug report and send it to root
2      Call the info hypertext browser
3      Compress the current subdirectory (tar.gz)
d      Delete file if a copy exists in the other directory.
...
c      Copy to clipboard the current dir's path
C      Copy to clipboard the current file's path
ctrl-c Copy to clipboard the current file itself
ctrl-x Cut to clipboard the current file itself
ctrl-v Paste files from clipboard
f2     Copy to clipboard the first URL mentioned in the file.
}}}

(only the last four lines have changed: see ""ctrl-c"" and ""f2"".)

Note: because of the way hotkeys work in MC (see dlg_try_hotkey()), the hotkeys ""alt-x"" and ""alt-X"" are equivalent to pressing just ""x"". So alt keys shouldn't be used as hotkeys. (dlg_try_hotkey() could be modified to work around this but that's a matter for a separate ticket.)
"	enhancement	new	major	Future Releases	mc-core	master			egmont			no branch