[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 91782] New: alsamixer should show alternatives to function key bindings, at least F1/Help

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91782

            Bug ID: 91782
           Summary: alsamixer should show alternatives to function key
                    bindings, at least F1/Help
           Product: PulseAudio
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: Other
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: alsa
          Assignee: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: frederik-freedesktop at ofb.net
        QA Contact: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
                CC: lennart at poettering.net

In alsamixer, many options are bound to function keys. These are used by my
window manager, so I cannot use them in my terminal. The alsamixer man page
mentions that 'gnome-terminal' cannot use function keys either.

I noticed from the "Help" screen that many function keys have non-function-key
alternatives, for instance instead of F6 I can press "s". This is great, but
there is one remaining problem: The legend (at the top of the alsamixer screen)
labels commands preferentially with their function-key bindings. This includes
"Help" which is labelled with "F1". Seeing this, users are likely to assume
that "F1" is the only binding for "Help". But it turns out that one can also
access "Help" with "?" and "H". This can be learned by reading the man page or
pressing keys experimentally, but it would be nice if "Help" was just labeled
with either "?" or "H", as that allows people who are unable to use function
keys to easily access the help screen and then see that alternate
(non-function-key) bindings exist for other commands as well.

As an aside, it seems odd to map "q" to "increase left volume".

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