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

[Christian Dywan]

Am Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:03:53 +0000
schrieb Chris G <cl at isbd.net>:

> 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?

Xfce does save setting in ~/.config/xfce4 - I don't think there a
graphical way to change that, though.

If I wanted that feature, I would just define the "gtk-key-theme-name"
in my ~/gtkrc-2.0 file.

ciao,
    Christian