conkeror and emacs custom keymap

conkeror and emacs custom keymap

[imputerate]

my .emacs file contains lines like these:

(global-set-key "\eh" 'backward-delete-char)
(global-set-key "\eg" 'delete-char)
(global-set-key "\ev" 'kill-word)
(global-set-key "\ey" 'kill-line)

Such keymappings allow me to "touch edit" as well as "touch type;"

When I use Firefox they don't work;

Would they work in conkeror? How?

Thanks, imputerate

Re: conkeror and emacs custom keymap

[Colin S. Miller]

imputerate wrote:
> my .emacs file contains lines like these:
> 
> (global-set-key "\eh" 'backward-delete-char)
> (global-set-key "\eg" 'delete-char)
> (global-set-key "\ev" 'kill-word)
> (global-set-key "\ey" 'kill-line)
> 
> Such keymappings allow me to "touch edit" as well as "touch type;"
> 
> When I use Firefox they don't work;
> 
> Would they work in conkeror? How?
> 
> Thanks, imputerate

Imputerate,

I think you misunderstand what emacs means by 'global'.

global-set-key sets a global key binding within emacs (i.e. not editing-mode specific).
It won't affect any other programs you are running, including
Mozilla's firefox, or KDE konqueror (I assume that is what you mean by 'conkeror').

In KDE,
you can change the shortcuts for all KDE apps by using
"KDE Button" / "Control Center"
selecting "Regional & Accessibility" / "Keyboard Shortcuts".

However, this will only affect KDE apps; it won't affect
galeon (Gnome's browser), open office, emacs, firefox etc.



HTH,
Colin S. Miller


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Re: conkeror and emacs custom keymap

[imputerate]

On Aug 12, 4:02 pm, "Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-
thank-...@csmiller.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> imputerate wrote:
> > my .emacs file contains lines like these:
>
> > (global-set-key "\eh" 'backward-delete-char)
> > (global-set-key "\eg" 'delete-char)
> > (global-set-key "\ev" 'kill-word)
> > (global-set-key "\ey" 'kill-line)
>
> > Such keymappings allow me to "touch edit" as well as "touch type;"
>
> > When I use Firefox they don't work;
>
> > Would they work in conkeror? How?
>
> > Thanks, imputerate
>
> Imputerate,
>
> I think you misunderstand what emacs means by 'global'.
>
> global-set-key sets a global key binding within emacs (i.e. not editing-mode specific).
> It won't affect any other programs you are running, including
> Mozilla's firefox, or KDE konqueror (I assume that is what you mean by 'conkeror').
>
> In KDE,
> you can change the shortcuts for all KDE apps by using
> "KDE Button" / "Control Center"
> selecting "Regional & Accessibility" / "Keyboard Shortcuts".
>
> However, this will only affect KDE apps; it won't affect
> galeon (Gnome's browser), open office, emacs, firefox etc.
>
> HTH,
> Colin S. Miller
>
> --
> Replace the obvious in my email address with the first three letters of the hostname to reply.

by conkeror i mean the emacs oriented web browser [not konqueror, the
KDE app];

does that make my predicament any cheerier?

imputerate

Re: conkeror and emacs custom keymap

[Dmitry Dzhus]

imputerate wrote:

> by conkeror i mean the emacs oriented web browser [not konqueror, the
> KDE app];

Although Conkeror design is inspired by Emacs, it does not use
keybindings you set inside the Emacs (just like any other program).

You probably want to use these keybindings to edit text fields in web
forms. In that case I suggest you to set up emacs (or emacsclient) as
your EDITOR so you can hit C-i in Conkeror and edit fields in Emacs.
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Re: conkeror and emacs custom keymap

[B. T. Raven]

imputerate wrote:
> my .emacs file contains lines like these:
> 
> (global-set-key "\eh" 'backward-delete-char)
> (global-set-key "\eg" 'delete-char)
> (global-set-key "\ev" 'kill-word)
> (global-set-key "\ey" 'kill-line)
> 
> Such keymappings allow me to "touch edit" as well as "touch type;"
> 
> When I use Firefox they don't work;
> 
> Would they work in conkeror? How?
> 
> Thanks, imputerate

Don't know, but there is an add-on for Firefox called Firemacs (now at 
3.7) which can map Firefox shortcuts to Emacs key combos. This is 
available for both w32 and Linux versions of FF.

Ed

Re: conkeror and emacs custom keymap

[Ivan Kanis]

"B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> wrote:

> Don't know, but there is an add-on for Firefox called Firemacs (now at
> 3.7) which can map Firefox shortcuts to Emacs key combos. This is
> available for both w32 and Linux versions of FF.

Thanks for the tip, I just installed Firemacs and it makes Firefox even
more friendly.

Regards,
-- 
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Kanis http://kanis.fr

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