Gtk emacs-style key bindings

Pete Toscano pete-fedora at verisignlabs.com
Fri Jul 1 03:56:52 UTC 2005


Jens Petersen wrote:
> msowka at rogers.com wrote:
> 
>>It seems that there is something missing in
>>FC4/Gnome2.10. My favorite: gtk emacs-style
>>keybindings.
> 
> This has actually been changed for a while...

I think it changed back in FC3, when I noticed it and asked the same
question.  :)

> In "~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/interface/%gconf.xml", set gtk_key_theme to "Emacs".
> You may prefer to edit with gconf-editor.

Indeed, this works perfectly for me.

There used to be a way to set this in the preferences, but it was taken
away.  I guess those of us who like consistent key bindings are just
trouble-makers.  ;)

pete




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