Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:47:54 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Keyboard input bug in firefox-1.0_7,1 Message-ID: <20050207184754.GA73469@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <4207A320.6020202@FreeBSD.org> References: <20050207110637.GA59300@dragon.nuxi.com> <4207A320.6020202@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 12:19:28PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > | Firebird 0.6.1 (and Mozilla 1.8) correctly knows when one is in the URL > | address text box or the search text box; thus correctly processing ^U. > | > | With firefox-1.0_7,1 ^U always pulls up "page source" which isn't what it > | should on Unix. > | > | Know bug? > > First, when upgrading like this, you should blow away all your .dat > files under ~/.mozilla/firefox. I blew away all of ~/.mozilla. :-) > However, the Cntrl+U "problem" is most likely due to the new GTK+ 2 > keybindings. If you want to revert to the old Emacs-style keys, consult > the all-powerful archives: > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-gnome/2004-October/008615.html Yep, that message seems to be my answer. THANKS! I totally cannot believe the GTK+ 2 developers thought it OK to change the behavior of ^U. That is a Unix'ism, not an Emacs'ism. $ stty -a ..snip.. kill = ^U -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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