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Unity isn't the only Dekstop in Ubuntu you have most if not all known WM & Desktop available. KDE is the prefered Desktop for its polish and lot settings, but n

Unity isn't the only Dekstop in Ubuntu you have most if not all known WM & Desktop available. KDE is the prefered Desktop for its polish and lot settings, but never used it myself. I use GNOME3, it works. It has extensions written in JS and a two "Alfred" like GUI CLI (one with search and another without). emacs: you can probably import OS X version settings. iTerm2: I don't have that problem in gnome's terminal that said it's kind of limited, screen & tmux are much more powerful.

terhechte 12y ago
with "emacs" OP refers to an OSX feature where every text field / input box in every app / dialog of the system supports the basic emacs bindings. So whether you're in Safari, Chrome, Numbers, Office, TextEdit, Photodesk, or any other app, the basic emacs movements commands always work (apparently the original NeXT hackers were big emacs fans). I'm running various Linux distributions in a VM from time to time, and this is something I really miss. I'm not sure if Elementary OS maybe has this though, never tested it.
- zurn 12y ago
  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs" Yeah, the fact that there isn't UI for this basic pref says a lot about the relationship between desktop environments and "power users"... (source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/181532/emacs-keybindings-in-ubuntu-12-04 http://askubuntu.com/questions/181532/emacs-keybindings-in-u...)
  - 0942v8653 12y ago
    I just tried that in Elementary and it doesn't work :( I'm sure I'll find a way, but I'm starting to realize that the Cocoa Text System is pretty great compared to what other OSes have.
    - tomjakubowski 12y ago
      What didn't work about it? I have this in my .gtkrc-2.0: gtk-key-theme-name="Emacs" And this in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini: [Settings] gtk-key-theme-name = Emacs If those settings appear in both places, after restarting a GTK+ application the bindings should just work. They actually work better than in OS X because you're free to use the Alt/Meta shortcuts to skip words without reaching for the cursor keys. There are a couple of GTK+ applications that annoyingly override the shortcuts, like Pidgin for example (which binds C-w to "close window").

terhechte 12y ago

with "emacs" OP refers to an OSX feature where every text field / input box in every app / dialog of the system supports the basic emacs bindings. So whether you're in Safari, Chrome, Numbers, Office, TextEdit, Photodesk, or any other app, the basic emacs movements commands always work (apparently the original NeXT hackers were big emacs fans). I'm running various Linux distributions in a VM from time to time, and this is something I really miss. I'm not sure if Elementary OS maybe has this though, never tested it.

zurn 12y ago
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs" Yeah, the fact that there isn't UI for this basic pref says a lot about the relationship between desktop environments and "power users"... (source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/181532/emacs-keybindings-in-ubuntu-12-04 http://askubuntu.com/questions/181532/emacs-keybindings-in-u...)
- 0942v8653 12y ago
  I just tried that in Elementary and it doesn't work :( I'm sure I'll find a way, but I'm starting to realize that the Cocoa Text System is pretty great compared to what other OSes have.
  - tomjakubowski 12y ago
    What didn't work about it? I have this in my .gtkrc-2.0: gtk-key-theme-name="Emacs" And this in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini: [Settings] gtk-key-theme-name = Emacs If those settings appear in both places, after restarting a GTK+ application the bindings should just work. They actually work better than in OS X because you're free to use the Alt/Meta shortcuts to skip words without reaching for the cursor keys. There are a couple of GTK+ applications that annoyingly override the shortcuts, like Pidgin for example (which binds C-w to "close window").