Comment 6 for bug 170825

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I have been bitten in the past, no thanks.

This is a bug report tool. Call this report "enhancement
request" or "bug report", but this is the place for such a
discussion. Of course, when bugs are closed before being
discussed, there is no way developers can even notice that
such a bug exists. Please reopen the bug, mark it
enhancement request if you want, and mention it on the
mailing-list.

As it is now, Inkscape is not consistent with the platform
it is running on (Linux/Gnome, Windows, etc), it is not
consistent with the expected behaviour of the keyboard in a
text tool, and even worst, it is not consistent with itself
(#, ` and numbers on the keypad are interpreted as
characters, but + and - are interpreted as functions while
they are all shortcuts to functions in the interface).

If you do not like the function keys, what about the following:
Shift +"+" and shift+"-" (or ctrl or alt) to zoom in text
mode. You can keep you hand on the keyboard, and using the
right shift/ctrl, only one hand is needed.

Or another one: when "num lock" is on, use the character and
when off zoom in and out.