How to get gtk "Emacs" theme again in xubuntu 8.10?

Chris G cl at isbd.net
Fri Nov 14 10:00:55 UTC 2008


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.
> 
I wonder what the xfce equivalent is, I'll go and ask on the xfce list.


-- 
Chris Green




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