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»Clone« in German Inkscape
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My Inkscape modifications

Two Problems

  • Inkscape runs in X11/XQuartz (=Alt/Cmd are messy)
  • German localization overlays Alt+D binding for »Clone«.

1 – Alt/Cmd fix

Activate second-to-last option in the Input tab of XQuartz preferences. In German it's »Wahltasten entsprechen Alt_L und Alt_R« (so probably: Option Keys map to Alt_L and Alt_R). Alternatively you can put the following four lines into your ~/.Xmodmap

keycode 66 = Alt_L
keycode 69 = Alt_R
clear mod1
add mod1 = Alt_L Alt_R

By the way: I put the following stuff also into that file to map Cmd to Ctrl

keycode 67 = Meta_L
keycode 63 = Control_L
keycode 71 = Control_R
clear mod2
clear control
add mod2 = Meta_L
add control = Control_L Control_R

2 – Alt+D

Now Alt+D works for cloning, in principle at least – in the German localization Alt+D is for »Datei« and is the main function for this shortcut. Open up Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/keys/default.xml and put

<bind key="c" modifiers="Alt" action="EditClone" display="true" />

somewhere after the Alt+D binding, so probably at line 310.

Now Alt+C clones stuff.

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