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> > Ok I forgot that PCB had that.
> 
> What is missing though, is a way to make gschem compatible two-stroke 
> accels. 

The lesstif hid has that too :-)

> In terms of pcb-GUI the mode would be the currently active tool. So
> a "q" would do something different in via mode than in line mode or
> in arc mode.

Our current scheme is to define the hotkeys in the resource files by
binding them to actions.  To bind them on a context basis, I think
would require something more complex in our action scripts.  Perhaps
Igor2's scripting work will give us a way to apply more complex
bindings.

> BTW, starcraft also provides a good GUI way to facilitate learning
> the keys on the fly. On the lower right there is an area with icons
> of the currently available actions. These icons are decorated with
> the letter of the respective accel key.

I think gtk offers a way to do this, if you use compatible APIs.