vi/less/emacs keybinding for mozilla firefox/firebird

S_aIN_t · Guru Joined: 11 May 2002 Posts: 488 Location: Ottawa

Hi,

Ever wanted to use vi/less/emacs key bindings in Mozilla Firebird/Firefox... Now you can.. grab the install file from the cvs repository of mozless.mozdev.org. The link is http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/~checkout~/mozless/downloads/mozless-0.1.2.xpi?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
click Save As.. otherwise you're will get jibberish on the screen. after that you have to tell firebird/firefox to open the xpi file that you just downloaded. it will install the extension. and you're ready to go.

Also dont forget to check the main page for the list of key bindings.
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jonner · n00b Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 42

I have often wanted to use Emacs keys other places. I will definitely check this out.

felldown · n00b Joined: 28 Mar 2003 Posts: 22

I don't suppose anyone knows if there are emacs keybindings for gaim?

nasteratu · n00b Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 13 Location: CSH@RIT

Very nice I had herd about this awhile back but had not tried it out, thanks

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far · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:52 pm Post subject:

robet · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject:

How about re-binding keys in emacs? Say C-, instead of C-x?
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nighty · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:

thanks alot there.

nighty · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

well i did some research and couldnt believe that such a program existed without people knowing about it:
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/keyconfig

this allows changing the keyboard shortcuts in firefox.
didnt test it yet so i hope it works.

richk449 · Guru Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 345

allucid · Veteran Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta

edit/create ~/.gtkrc.mine put this in it

richk449 · Guru Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 345

allucid · Veteran Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta

Put that line in ~/.gtkrc.mine and it should work now and won't get overwritten. I think gnome uses different rc files (I am not using gnome) but all the gtk rc files should import this file so that's where your personal settings would go. Also make sure that you close the application and re-open it for the changes to take affect. So make sure you close all firefox windows and then reopen firefox after you make the changes to see if it works. Also, firefox would have to have gtk2 support enabled for this to work (GTK2 has to be in you use flags when you emerge firefox). The keybindings only work in text boxes. So in the address bar or anywhere else where you can type text C-a will go to the front of a line. On a regular web page C-a will still select all.

richk449 · Guru Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 345

Strange. I was testing it in gedit, assuming that the default text editor would use the proper key bindings. But apparently that is not true, since it works in firefox and in bluefish. I guess gedit is just busted. Can anyone else confirm this?

BigBaaadBob · Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject:

As far as I can tell, mozless does not work in recent (1.0.4) versions of firefox.
And I don't see any way of deleting it either!!!

Taladar · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject:

amne · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject:

About the ~/.gtkrc: This works quite well for me.
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BigBaaadBob · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject: