Ctrl-A/E/U/etc in GNOME Apps?

[A. Rick Anderson]

Pete Toscano wrote:

> A. Rick Anderson wrote:
>
>> Add the following line to your login script (probably .bash_profile) 
>> in your home directory.
>> export EDITOR=emacs
>
>
> Thanks, I'll try that on Monday when I'm back in at my workstation.  I 
> am curious how it's working on my laptop, though, as I have no such 
> envar set and can't find any mention of "emacs" in either the .gnome* 
> subdirs (find ~/.gnome* -type f -exec grep -i emacs {} \; -print) or 
> in gconf (with using find in gconf-editor -- well, I found something 
> referencing emacsclient).  I wonder if there's another way to enable 
> this behavior.
>
> Thanks again,
> pete
>
My recollection is that, by default, the command-line editor is usually 
emacs.  Your work station may be getting set to vi.  Type in some text 
on the command line, hit the escape key and enter a 0.  If it moves the 
cursor to the start of the command line, then you are in vi mode instead 
of emacs mode.

I prefer vi, so I always end up having to set my preference explicitly 
in my profile.

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A. Rick Anderson