hellosystem/qkeysequenceoverride

Override the QKeySequence::toString() function in Qt to represent keyboard shortcuts with graphical symbols

qkeysequenceoverride's Issues

Does not build on Debian

Does not build, fatal error: 'QKeySequence' file not found. build.sh hardcodes BSDism /usr/local/, should be fixed.
Even with editing this, it has the same error.

Tested on Raspberry Pi OS.

Note: I had only Qt 5 installed, maybe I also need Qt 6.

Wine cannot be used

https://www.freshports.org/emulators/wine

Build 0I44 Install

Does not work well with LibreOffice

unsetting LD_LIBRARY_PATH before launching LibreOffice (but not Menu) gives the intended result:

Possibly the same root cause as #5?

Implement more replacements

https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/7dd81686e8e9ee86624c5bcca10688cfb360dcb8/src/gui/kernel/qkeysequence.cpp#L73-L94

static const MacSpecialKey entries[NumEntries] = {
    { Qt::Key_Escape, 0x238B },
    { Qt::Key_Tab, 0x21E5 },
    { Qt::Key_Backtab, 0x21E4 },
    { Qt::Key_Backspace, 0x232B },
    { Qt::Key_Return, 0x21B5 },
    { Qt::Key_Enter, 0x2324 },
    { Qt::Key_Delete, 0x2326 },
    { Qt::Key_Home, 0x2196 },
    { Qt::Key_End, 0x2198 },
    { Qt::Key_Left, 0x2190 },
    { Qt::Key_Up, 0x2191 },
    { Qt::Key_Right, 0x2192 },
    { Qt::Key_Down, 0x2193 },
    { Qt::Key_PageUp, 0x21DE },
    { Qt::Key_PageDown, 0x21DF },
    { Qt::Key_Shift, kShiftUnicode },
    { Qt::Key_Control, kCommandUnicode },
    { Qt::Key_Meta, kControlUnicode },
    { Qt::Key_Alt, kOptionUnicode },
    { Qt::Key_CapsLock, 0x21EA },
};

Leads to segfault for Qt6 applications

Preloading this leads to Qt5 being loaded in addition to Qt6, which leads to

% qtcreator
zsh: segmentation fault  qtcreator

We need to find a way to change QKeySequence::toString() without using LD_PRELOAD. Is the only way to recompile (parts of) Qt?

Does not work well with QTerminal

Looks like QTerminal really doesn't play well with QKeySequenceOverride in place.

Running it causes its config file to be rewritten automatically like this:

sudo env PAGER=cat pkg.real update && sudo env PAGER=cat pkg.real upgrade
(...)
[Shortcuts]
Add%20Tab=\x2318\x21e7T
Bottom%20Subterminal=\x2325\x2193
Clear%20Active%20Terminal=\x2318\x21e7X
Close%20Tab=\x2318\x21e7W
Collapse%20Subterminal=
Copy%20Selection=\x2318\x21e7\x43
Find=\x2318\x21e7\x46
Fullscreen=F11
Handle%20history=
Hide%20Window%20Borders=
Left%20Subterminal=\x2325\x2190
Move%20Tab%20Left=\x2325\x21e7\x2190|\x2318\x21e7Pg\x2191
Move%20Tab%20Right=\x2325\x21e7\x2192|\x2318\x21e7Pg\x2193
New%20Window=\x2318\x21e7N
Next%20Tab=\x2318Pg\x2193
Next%20Tab%20in%20History=\x2318\x21e7\x21e5
Paste%20Clipboard=\x2318\x21e7V
Paste%20Selection=\x21e7Ins
Preferences...=
Previous%20Tab=\x2318Pg\x2191
Previous%20Tab%20in%20History=\x2318\x21e5
Quit=\x2318Q
Rename%20Session=\x2325\x21e7S
Right%20Subterminal=\x2325\x2192
Show%20Tab%20Bar=
Split%20Terminal%20Horizontally=
Split%20Terminal%20Vertically=
Tab%201=
Tab%2010=
Tab%202=
Tab%203=
Tab%204=
Tab%205=
Tab%206=
Tab%207=
Tab%208=
Tab%209=
Toggle%20Bookmarks=\x2318\x21e7\x42
Toggle%20Menu=\x2318\x21e7M
Top%20Subterminal=\x2325\x2191
Zoom%20in=\x2318+
Zoom%20out=\x2318-
Zoom%20reset=\x2318\x30

Apparently QTerminal is making the assumption that what gets returened by QKeySequence::toString() is in a certain format.

Find a way to do this without LD_PRELOAD

Since @antony-jr has been injecting menu items using Qt plugins rather than LD_PRELOAD I wonder if it would be possible to do what this repo does but as a Qt plugin. Would feel a bit cleaner to me, although the current solution appears to work fine.

Consider showing "Alt" instead of "Command" for PC keyboards

Was considering showing "Alt" instead of "Command" for PC keyboards, but wasn't sure whether it would further complicate things (think screenshots and documentation).

Now it has been asked on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/mister_lemke/status/1449008251622748163

Let's think about the best way to go about this.

"Ctrl" It should be changed to "Alt" or ⌥