Rename Key-/Scan-code names: APOSTROPHE vs QUOTE, GRAVE vs BACKQUOTE about sdl HOT 8 CLOSED

I'm not so sure about the renaming to ...QUOTE anymore.
A lot of platforms call the characters GRAVE and APOSTROPHE.

Maybe it's better to rename the keycodes to SDLK_APOSTROPHE and SDLK_GRAVE.

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These are based on the scancode names in the USB standard and we have no plans to change that.

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Then what about changing the keycode names to be similar to their scancode equivalents?

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That seems reasonable. I'm not sure why they're different. @icculus, thoughts?

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keycodes were already available in 1.0 and scancodes were introduced in 2.0 with the specification names.
I guess the names just stuck around.

I like the keycode "quote" names more, but it would be less confusing if they are named after the scancode names.

Edit:
Platform specific scancode names were already available in 1.0, official SDL scancode names were available in 2.0.

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Yeah, it's almost certainly a leftover from SDL 1.x...let's make them match the scancode names.

(And if the scancode names match the HID spec, they stay as they are.)

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Please use build-scripts/rename_api.py to make any renaming changes.

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Please use build-scripts/rename_api.py to make any renaming changes.

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