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loadable/savable shortcut key sets
i'm making my shortcuts mimic lightwave where i can to speed up my learning..would be good to be able to load save a preset of key shortcuts

You can already load/save shortcut key sets.

Go in the Edit>Preferences menu (in the main menu)
Click on the "Configure" button near the "Keyboard Shorts"

On the top right corner of the panel, you have a popup menu "File"
Here you can Save and Load Shortcut key sets.

excellent! must have missed it!