'Emacs style' delete line shortcut (CTRL/U) doesn't work correctly in Firefox

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 11:49:15AM +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 11:37, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > >
> > Neither do I but using the same editor to manage text in every
> > application is a big advantage IMHO.  I often get very cross when
> > trying to change some text somewhere and I can't use my 'standard'
> > (well, built into my fingers) to do it.
> 
> Sort of my point.
> 
> The basic CUA editor is embedded into every text field in every GUI
> app in the world. Attach a hardware keyboard and it even works on iOS,
> Android etc.
> 
Yes, but it's nowhere near as useful/powerful as a proper editor. One
can't do multiple replacements or use regular expressions, etc.

I can, for example, do a multiple replacement using REs in a text box
in Firefox if I need to.

-- 
Chris Green