Kurt Miller: > > x11/gtk+2 and x11/gtk+3 include a patch to change the default > > keybindings to "emacs". The decision can be traced back to 2005: > > > > Revision 1.1, Wed Sep 7 20:51:14 2005 UTC (15 years, 10 months ago) by > > kurt > > Branch: MAIN > > > > make emacs the default key theme. this will make the standard ^U, ^A, ^E > > etc emacs commands work by default for gtk+2 apps. orig from pvalchev@. > > I have absolutely no recollection of this commit. I defer to the other > port maintainers on this issue.
I dimly remember... well, not really. *checks old ICB logs* So, when Firefox switched to GTK+2, various developers were annoyed that the Emacs-style keybindings were no longer available, and this default was added. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
