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

[Chris G]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 05:53:02PM +0100, Christian Dywan wrote:
> 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.
> 
... but it doesn't work, that's the problem.

I have a ~/.gtkrc-2.0 which contains:-

    gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"

and it doesn't work, in particular CTRL/U doesn't clear line in Firefox.

-- 
Chris Green