Default keybindings conflict with gtk menu shortcuts

This breakage is really annoying. Hard to believe it hasn't arisen as more of an issue in the
intervening time as it nixes the ability to interactively tweak pin/via sizes. I'd vote to
abolish it (#4) which I've done locally -- I really don't see a compelling use case for this
behaviour. At a bare minimum it should have been checked in as a disabled, optional feature.

The latest git build at ab6ebc701d8ab6fbc67c5232215d28a1fa3eae0a still exhibits the
breakage.

Patch for option #4.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.

Still not fixed in version 20140316

Still not fixed in Ubuntu 20.04.

Progress! Looks like a documentation "bug" now, because there's an old set of keybindings and a new set of keybindings (see git data below).

Googling for "gnu pcb shortcuts" takes me here, which has the old shortcuts only:
http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:pcb-quick_reference

Old shortcut --> New shortcut
=====================================================
Shift-Alt-A --> Shift-Ctrl-A Unselect all
Alt-A --> Ctrl-A Select all visible
Alt-S --> Ctrl-D ChangeDrill +5 mil
Alt-Shift-S --> Ctrl-Shift-D ChangeDrill -5 mil
Alt-V --> Ctrl-L Via Tool drill +5 mil
Alt-Shift-V --> Ctrl-Shift-L Via Tool drill -5 mil

git blame src/gpcb-menu.res.in
# >>>
c75676e1b src/gpcb-menu.res.in (Charles Parker 2019-04-28 18:17:26 -0400 443) {"ChangeDrill +5 mil" a={"Ctrl-D" "Ctrl<Key>d"} ChangeDrillSize(Object,+5,mil)}
c75676e1b src/gpcb-menu.res.in (Charles Parker 2019-04-28 18:17:26 -0400 444) {"ChangeDrill -5 mil" a={"Ctrl-Shift-D" "Ctrl Shift<Key>d"} ChangeDrillSize(Object,-5,mil)}
...
c75676e1b src/gpcb-menu.res.in (Charles Parker 2019-04-28 18:17:26 -0400 449) {"Via Tool drill +5 mil" a={"Ctrl-L" "Ctrl<Key>l"} SetValue(ViaDrillingHole,+5,mil)}
c75676e1b src/gpcb-menu.res.in (Charles Parker 2019-04-28 18:17:26 -0400 450) {"Via Tool drill -5 mil" a={"Ctrl-Shift-L" "Ctrl Shift<Key>l"} SetValue(ViaDrillingHole,-5,mil)}

git log -p c75676e1b
# >>>
- {"Unselect all" Unselect(All) a={"Shift-Alt-A" "Shift Alt<Key>a"}}
- {"Select all visible" Select(All) a={"Alt-A" "Alt<Key>a"}}
+ {"Unselect all" Unselect(All) a={"Shift-Ctrl-A" "Shift Ctrl<Key>a"}}
+ {"Select all visible" Select(All) a={"Ctrl-A" "Ctrl<Key>a"}}
...
- {"ChangeDrill +5 mil" a={"Alt-S" "Alt<Key>s"} ChangeDrillSize(Object,+5,mil)}
- {"ChangeDrill -5 mil" a={"Alt-Shift-S" "Alt Shift<Key>s"} ChangeDrillSize(Object,-5,mil)}
+ {"ChangeDrill +5 mil" a={"Ctrl-D" "Ctrl<Key>d"} ChangeDrillSize(Object,+5,mil)}
+ {"ChangeDrill -5 mil" a={"Ctrl-Shift-D" "Ctrl Shift<Key>d"} ChangeDrillSize(Object,-5,mil)}
...
- {"Via Tool drill +5 mil" a={"Alt-V" "Alt<Key>v"} SetValue(ViaDrillingHole,+5,mil)}
- {"Via Tool drill -5 mil" a={"Alt-Shift-V" "Alt Shift<Key>v"} SetValue(ViaDrillingHole,-5,mil)}
+ {"Via Tool drill +5 mil" a={"Ctrl-L" "Ctrl<Key>l"} SetValue(ViaDrillingHole,+5,mil)}
+ {"Via Tool drill -5 mil" a={"Ctrl-Shift-L" "Ctrl Shift<Key>l"} SetValue(ViaDrillingHole,-5,mil)}

Note affected versions. New (non-conflicting) key-bindings released here:

commit 53579ac6946a6c084c1cd7d0f336aac83f9f3e15 (tag: pcb-4.2.1-RELEASE, origin/pcb-4.2.1)
Date: Tue Dec 31 13:49:09 2019 +0100
...
commit c75676e1b24ad25beb17356fa9c9a277414ce7fc
Date: Sun Apr 28 18:17:26 2019 -0400

Conflicted key-bindings released here:

commit bd56b7522660fe695e5ca2ffaae1d793db7d035d (tag: pcb-20110918-RELEASE, origin/pcb-20110918)
Date: Sun Sep 18 16:05:24 2011 -0400
...
commit acf8d00db4a90b555d768341a97453914b7b4aec
Date: Sun Aug 28 23:45:21 2011 -0700

Version in Ubuntu 20.04: 4.2.2 <-- de-conflicted
Version in Ubuntu 18.04: 4.0.2 <-- conflicted
Version in Ubuntu 16.04: 20140316 <-- conflicted

So there was a ~8 year period of broken keybindings :( This is probably a moot point: is there any interest in going back to the original key-bindings (which are mnemonically easier to remember, and are documented), or just go forward with the current new keybindings?