How to get Emacs key bindings in Ubuntu
To get the Emacs key bindings (especially, Ctrl-a to go to beginning of line, Ctrl-e to end of line) systemwide, e.g. in Firefox, you use:
gconf-editor
and change the setting desktop → gnome → interface → gtk_key_theme from “Default” to “Emacs”.
March 26th, 2010 at 18:57
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