Shortcut/Access key bugs in gtk+ for non-latin keyboards (Was: Re: RFC - keyboard shortcuts in Gnome 2)

[Simos Xenitellis]

Eventually I managed to submit the following bugs.
I tried initially with BugBuddy but it did not appear to work
at the time. The bug reports did not make to bugzilla.gnome.org...

1. [Bug 70818] New - Access keys Alt+x do not work for non-latin
languages (ISO-8859-7)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70818
2. [Bug 70820] New - Menu item access keys do not work for non-latin
languages (example: ISO8859-7)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70820
3. [Bug 70821] New - Key shortcuts (like Ctrl+C) do not work for
non-latin languages (example: ISO8859-7)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70821

To put in context, I also show the bug reports in the reply below:

Την Τρι, 29-01-2002 στις 18:30, ο/η Christian Rose έγραψε:
> mån 2002-01-28 klockan 18.06 skrev Simos Xenitellis:
> > To visualise, from gedit (or any other editor):
> > 
> > ======================================
> > | _Edit         | _Search | _Options |
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ...
> > | Cancel  Ctrl+Z|
> > | Repeat  Ctrl+R|
> > |----------------
> > | Cu_t    Ctrl+X|
> > | _Copy   Ctrl+C|
> > | _Paste  Ctrl+P|
> > -----------------
> > 
> > ==== The "_Edit" case ==== 1 ====
> >   a- While we are writing in the editor and press "Alt+E" (modified key:
> > Alt), the edit menu opens. 
> >   b- What is the terminology of "Alt+E", access key, shortcut, other?.
> 
> Access key (or menu access key), if you use the terminology from the
> HIG.
> 
> 
> >   c- In Greek, "Edit" is "Epejergasia" (I use here latin letters, the
> > Greek Epsilon looks exactly the same, but is different ISO8859-7 or
> > Unicode code). When I press "Alt+?", where "?" is the latin "E" or "e",
> > the Greek "E" or "e", nothing happens. The menu does not open up.
> >   d- I would like someone to verify in another language, example:
> > Russian, Turkish etc. 
> 
> This probably has something to do with GTK+ assuming the same position
> of the E key. I suggest reporting this as a bug against GTK+.

[Bug 70818] New - Access keys Alt+x do not work for non-latin languages
(ISO-8859-7)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70818

> 
> 
> > ==== The "_Copy" case ==== 2 ====
> >   a- While the "_Edit" menu is open and the focus is in one of the menu
> > items, one can press the "c" letter (no modifier key) to invoke the
> > "_Copy" function.
> >   b- What is the terminology of the "C" letter from "_Copy"?
> 
> Access key (maybe menu item access key)
> 
> 
> >   c- In Greek, "_Copy" is "_Antigrafh". Again, the "A" is the Greek
> > letter, different ISO8859-7/Unicode code from the latin "A". When
> > pressing the Greek letter, capital or not, the "Copy" function is not
> > invoked. 
> 
> Bug report :)

[Bug 70820] New - Menu item access keys do not work for non-latin
languages (example: ISO8859-7)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70820


> 
> > ==== The "Ctrl+C" case ==== 3 ====
> >   a- While in the editor, one can use "Ctrl+C" for the copy function.
> > This works because "Ctrl+C" is specified in the menu /Edit/Copy/.
> > Additionally, one can change this shortcut quite easily. When the "Copy"
> > menu-item is highlighted, one can press a key combination with one of
> > the following modifiers Ctrl, Alt, Alt Gr or Shift to set a new
> > shortcut. In the subsection below I get in more detail on this.
> >   b- I believe that "Ctrl+C" is a "shortcut", right?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> >   c- In Greek, Ctrl+? does not honor the Greek letters. It shows the
> > equivalent latin character. However, this is perfectly ok, by pressing
> > the same (hardware) keys, it functions. Thus, with Ctrl, it's per
> > hardware key. In Greek, Alt+? works perfectly. It recognises the Greek
> > letters and can use them properly while editing text. The binding is
> > with character instead of the (hardware) key.
> 
> Hmm, bug report this too, and ask GTK+ developers. This probably needs
> to be sorted out and properly fixed in GTK+.

[Bug 70821] New - Key shortcuts (like Ctrl+C) do not work for non-latin
languages (example: ISO8859-7)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70821

I would like to thank Christian for his feedback.

Regards,
Simos