Comment 9 for bug 266913

This bug may be linked to :

Bug #165716 “keyboard shortcuts don't work with foreign keyboard layouts”
Bug #165755 “keys inaccessible with localized/platform-specific keyboards”
Bug #167906 “"Alt" keycodes used twice in german translation”
Bug #168887 “german keyboard: path editing keys with AltGr don't work”
Bug #178738 “Path Effects shortcut mixed with Division (Shift+Ctrl+7)”
Bug #181393 “View shortcuts don't work on french keyboard”
Bug #266913 “Text's letter spacing doe not work at all”
Bug #338302 “Problem in rotation text using ALT + ]”

This keymapping problem seems to be persistent from 2004.
I think it is critical to fix it in order to improve Inkscape user experience.

Note that functions indicated in cited bugs are not presents as verbs in "default.xlm" file (inkscape v.0.47-3 win XP). These functions cannot be reached be changing AZERTY keyboard mapping to QWERTY keyboard mapping.

Maybe a user friendly editable list for shortcut commands would partially fix this (as long as not everybody use all shortcuts, many people could therefore fix this in their own way)