Installing GIMPshop and fighting with Synaptic

[Eric Dunbar]

On 2/9/06, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/9/06, dan <hentaidan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > PS Does anyone know how to program the delete/backspace keys to
> > > actually DELETE a selection?
> >
> > I've tried many times, but to no avail!
> >
> > The only kinda relevant setting I can find is in the
> > ~/.gimp-2.2/controllerrc file, I tried adding "delete" and "clear",
> > but it didnt seem to work, though I suspect it is the wrong file
> > anyway...
>
> I've partially figured it out :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) (as
> Monty Python's "Always look on the bright side of life" is playing on
> the radio :-)
>
> The key is the menurc file!
>
> ; (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/vectors/vectors-selection-from-vectors" "<Shift>v")
> (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/edit/edit-clear" "BackSpace")
>
> I suspect what allowed me to do it was the following:
>
> I removed ctrl-k from Edit-Clear in the Preferences dialogue box by
> (ironically ;-) pressing the BackSpace key. Then I quit GIMP. Then I
> edited the menurc file and inserted BackSpace between the quotes.
>
> You may need to try "<>BackSpace" instead of just "BackSpace". That's
> what I was doing at first!!!

Next version of GIMPshop should hopefully have the BackSpace
functionality :-) :-):

"Eric, I saw your comments on the site. This is great info. Thanks for
figuring it out and passing it along! I will probably tackle this
soon. Hopefully this weekend. I'm going to be spending more time
adding functionality to Gimpshop and this seems easy enough to
implement!

Thanks again!

-Scott"