Accelhints is a library for inserting keyboard Alt-key accelerators (i.e., '&'s) in a slice of items (e.g., menu items or dialog labels).
There is also an executable: accelhints infile.txt > outfile.txt.
There is also a Python 3 combined library and executable, accelhints.py in
the py subdirectory which uses the same algorithm but nonetheless produces
slightly different and slightly better results. (Diff
tests/expected-rs.txt with tests/expected-py.txt to see the
differences.)
Here the user has predefined one accelerator (Cu&t) in the input:
Undo
Redo
Copy
Cu&t
Paste
Find
Find Again
Here is accelhints' output:
&Undo
&Redo
&Copy
Cu&t
&Paste
&Find
Find &Again
Without help from the user the output would be:
&Undo
&Redo
C&opy
&Cut
&Paste
&Find
Find &Again
This is why it is probably best to use the tool on the command line with a text file of all the menus and dialog labels. But at a pinch the library can be used to dynamically create acceptable if not perfect keyboard accelerators.
GPL-3.0.