Re: gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" has no effect

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Sylvain Pasche <sylvain_pasche yahoo fr> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> Using gtk version 2.0.6 debian packages, I wanted to use the emacs
> style keybindings.
> 
> So I have put 
> 
> gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"
> 
> in ~/.gtkrc-2.0
> 
> However, this has apparently no effect: ctrl-a and ctrl-e don't bind
> to beginning or end of line.
> 
> Has anyone an idea about it ? could something on my system override this
> file ?

If you are running GNOME2, the setting set in the GNOME 2 configuration
dialog will override the setting from your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file.

In that, run case gnome-keybinding-properties 
(Preferences/Keyboard shortcuts)  and select the key theme from there.

Regards,
                                        Owen