Comment 98 for bug 1226962

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Misha Bazanov (bmw-) wrote : Re: Hotkeys not functional in non-latin keyboard layout in 13.10

Péter you are right, if we think about layouts/unicode/etc. Not about hotkeys.
Hotkeys should be independent of keyboard layouts. In another case, it spoils the whole idea of hotkeys and makes them impossible to use.
[ctrl, alt, meta (in any combination)] and some letter in non-latin layout must be converted to [ctrl, alt, meta (in any combination)] and latin letter(or symbol) at the same button on keyboard. If it contradicts the standard, it is a stupid standard.
example:
Russian ё converted to `
н - y
ж - ;
Greek:
γ - g
θ - u
ρ - r

So we need only one system latin layout for hotkeys - drawed on the keyboard. It may be engish, german or other.
All hotkeys in non-latin layouts should be converted to this layout.