gnome 2.8 and emacs keybindings

[Adam Weinberger]

>> (11.11.2004 @ 0952 PST): Richard Kuhns said, in 1.3K: <<
> Hello all,
>   I'm feeling particularly dense right now, and would appreciate some 
> help. After a recent (apparently successful) upgrade from 2.6 to 2.8, my 
> emacs keybindings are gone. I found a message from Joe Marcus Clarke 
> with the following:
> 
> ===
> For reverting all control keys to the Emacs style, just add the
> following to ~/.gtkrc-2.0:
> 
> gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"
> 
> Or, if running GNOME, use the Keyboard Shortcuts capplet to change the
> Text editing shortcuts to Emacs.
> ===
> 
> I tried creating ~/.gtkrc-2.0 with the line he mentioned, logged out, 
> and logged back in (I'm running gdm) -- no difference, and I can't find 
> any mention of Text editing at all in Applications -> Desktop 
> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
> 
> Grepping for 'emacs' and 'bind' in /usr/ports/UPDATING didn't come up 
> with anything either.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 	- Rich
>> end of "gnome 2.8 and emacs keybindings" from Richard Kuhns <<

emacs keybindings are stored in ~/.emacs or some similarly named file.

# Adam


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