Getting 'Emacs' keyboard shortcuts - how (in Firefox in particular)?

[Chris G]

This thread is from the ubuntu users list but now I need xfce expertise:-

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 01:09:46AM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 09:54:10PM +0000, Chris G wrote:
> > In previous Linux installations I have created a file ~/.gtkrc-2.0
> > with the following contents:-
> >
> >     gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"
> >
> > ... and this gives me the expected keyboard shortcuts I want in
> > firefox among other places.  In particular it means that CTRL/U is
> > delete line.
> >
> > However in xubuntu 8.10 with firefox 3.0.3 this doesn't work, can
> > anyone tell me the magic incantation to get CTL/U to work as I expect
> > it to with this installation?
>
> In Ubuntu you can set that with gconf-editor (or gconftool if you prefer
> the command line), under /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme.
> Perhaps that would work for you.
>
So - is there an xfce equivalent of gconf-editor or would gconf-editor
do what I want under xfce?

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Chris Green