conventions for presenting Win and Mac keyboard shortcuts?

Subject: conventions for presenting Win and Mac keyboard shortcuts?
From: <llittle -at- words-tw -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 13:45:45 -0500

Now that my client's app is available on the web, they have their first Mac
users. A very minute proportion of their users, in a Win-based industry, but
we still have to embrace them and any who follow.

There are a few places in the help where we refer to Windows keyboard
shortcuts. What is a good way to address the Mac differences? Inline (making
it more cluttered for the majority who are not on Mac)? Perhaps a stylistic
difference? A separate reference topic?

I toyed with using a glossary popup on "Ctrl" = "Mac: Command key", but
that is not always a straight swap as illustrated in the example that
spawned this discussion:

Ctrl+Enter to create a new line

=

Shift+Command+Enter

All opinions and suggestions welcome.

Thanks,

Laurie

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