Re: [Evolution] Key Binding to compliment page up/page down

["Stephen M. Williams" <rootusr midsouth rr com>]

On 08 Aug 2001 10:50:13 -0500, Ricardo Amadeo Contreras wrote:
> On 07 Aug 2001 21:24:32 -0500, Stephen M. Williams wrote:
> > On 07 Aug 2001 20:30:41 -0500, Clayton Stephens wrote:
> > > I have noticed that in both the preview pane in evo mail, or when
> > > viewing a mail in it's own window, page up and page down work just fine.
> > > But end and home do not.  Is this a keybinding that should be set
> > > somewhere (i.e. in the gcc or something), or can this be integrated
> > > directly into evo?  I know that some programs use end, or ctrl+end,
> > > etc., to move to the end of a document and so forth.  Perhaps evo can
> > > have the same capability.
> >
> > Have a look in the Control Center, under HTML viewer, then the Keyboard
> > Shortcuts tab.  At the bottom is a drop-down where you can select Emacs
> > type bindings, MS type, etc.
>
> True, you can select a style of key bindings (Emacs, MS-style, or even a
> custom style) from within the control center, but it still doesn't solve
> the problem.  If you look closely at the available "commands" you can
> bind, there are no commands for things like "take me to the end" or
> "take me to the begining" of a document.  Actually, there aren't even
> commands for "page-up" or "page-down", so it appears that the html
> viewer has these preconfigured and aren't modifiable (even if I chose to
> make custom key-bindings).
>
> HOME (in composing with MS-style) takes you to the beginning of the line
> and END takes you the the end of the line.  In simply viewing an e-mail
> message, HOME and END seem to be useless, as Clayton originally noted.
>
> Ricardo


I have mine set to Emacs like and home/end take me to the beginning and
end of the mail.  CTRL+A and CTRL+E take me to the beginning and end of
the lines.  As for customizing it, I've never attempted to so I cannot
comment on that.


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