When the Windows display language is Russian, Alt + Q cannot be registered as a hotkey

[itagagaki]

There is a detailed report in #52
I will look into this issue.

[itagagaki]

I have found the cause. Failure to register Alt + Q as a hotkey because there is no key for Q in the Russian keyboard layout. I'm not sure, how do people with Russian keyboards type the alphabet?

[Lichtenshtein]

Failure to register Alt + Q as a hotkey

Not only Alt + Q... Any keyboard shortcut set for fragments or folders in the data tree does not work when launching Charu with (RUS) layout. I found a quick explanation for you, but it can hardly be particularly useful. See "The why" section:

microsoft/vscode#141761 (comment)

Also, setting both

HotKey=Alt+q
HotKey=Alt+й

as hotkey doesn't work. й=q key in russian layout.

In my opinion, there's a need for some kind of layer that registers only standard key codes and does not depend on the layout of the language in the system. Almost certainly there is already something exists and ready for this case.

[itagagaki]

Thank you for the info.
I have added a countermeasure. I'm a little unsure if it's the right fix, but I'll adopt it if it solves the problem for now.
I am concerned that there is no degradation, so could you please test it for a while?
Charu3_20230921.zip

[Lichtenshtein]

If i use my own settings file, inserting text from the data tree and any operations with selected text do not work. You need to go to Charu settings and reconfigure the hotkeys for copying and pasting, even if they are the same. Then everything works.

If make Charu recreate the settings file as if it was the first launch, then everything described above works as it should.

As for the non-functioning hotkeys when launching in regional language layout, it seems that now they work.

HotkeyScreener:
Alt + Q Charu3.exe (PID: 12492)

[itagagaki]

I have not been able to reproduce the problem of having to redo the key settings, so I am not sure what caused it on your end. I will see what happens after the next release.