Index: gui/dialogs/chat-menu.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/data/gui/dialogs/chat-menu.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -p -r1.4 chat-menu.xml
--- gui/dialogs/chat-menu.xml	3 May 2008 19:46:47 -0000	1.4
+++ gui/dialogs/chat-menu.xml	31 Aug 2008 13:53:38 -0000
@@ -353,6 +353,14 @@
 
           t = string.trim(substr(t, 3, size(t) -3));
 
+          # Just readout the option if Alt is pressed.
+          if (__kbd.modifiers.getNode("super").getValue() or
+              __kbd.modifiers.getNode("hyper").getValue() or
+              __kbd.modifiers.getNode("meta").getValue()) {
+            setprop("/sim/messages/copilot", t);
+            return 1;
+          }
+
           # Entries that begin with "[" are silent.
           if (t[0] != `[`)
           {