As far as I can tell this is a problem in Inkscape, not upstream:
- 'Cmd' instead of 'Ctrl' works e.g. with the GTK+/Quartz package
of Bluefish [1]
- in Inkscape, no keyboard shortcuts are listed in the menus from
the global menubar (they are listed in the context menu of the
canvas area)
- even if 'gtk-key-theme-name = "Mac"' is set in the used gtkrc
file (and the corresponding gtkrc file installed/loaded), the
keymappings only work e.g. in Inkscape's gtkfilechooser, but not
on the canvas area or any other Inkscape widget.
Seems to me that Inkscape does its own thing about detecting and
handling the modifiers. Currently, 'Cmd' acts as 'Alt' key if
Inkscape is built with GTK+/Quartz [2]
[2] see also bug #721448 comment #8 «Unexpectedly, the key 'Cmd'
acts the same as 'Alt' under X11, whereas the real 'option/alt'
key doesn't seem to be recognized by Inkscape.»).
As far as I can tell this is a problem in Inkscape, not upstream:
- 'Cmd' instead of 'Ctrl' works e.g. with the GTK+/Quartz package
of Bluefish [1]
- in Inkscape, no keyboard shortcuts are listed in the menus from
the global menubar (they are listed in the context menu of the
canvas area)
- even if 'gtk-key-theme-name = "Mac"' is set in the used gtkrc
file (and the corresponding gtkrc file installed/loaded), the
keymappings only work e.g. in Inkscape's gtkfilechooser, but not
on the canvas area or any other Inkscape widget.
Seems to me that Inkscape does its own thing about detecting and
handling the modifiers. Currently, 'Cmd' acts as 'Alt' key if
Inkscape is built with GTK+/Quartz [2]
[1] <http:// bluefish. openoffice. nl/> www.bennewitz. com/bluefish/ stable/ binaries/ macosx/>
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[2] see also bug #721448 comment #8 «Unexpectedly, the key 'Cmd'
acts the same as 'Alt' under X11, whereas the real 'option/alt'
key doesn't seem to be recognized by Inkscape.»).