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I am trying to get Emacs-like Keybindings in GTK, Firefox, Chrome, etc. I have followed the directions recommended here (and in lots of places) but to no effect.

In other words, I added gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" to my .gtkrc-2.0, and I also ran gconf-editor and set /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme to "Emacs". I even rebooted just for good measure.

I am using an ordinary 12.04 install, with Unity 3D as the desktop environment.

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same problem as you. This worked for me:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"

Source: http://situmam.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/emacs-keybidings-in-ubuntu-1204-precise.html

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  • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.
    – Eliah Kagan
    Aug 29, 2012 at 9:11
  • You're a life saver! I would vote you up if I had the rep for it. The answer was gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"
    – sam
    Aug 29, 2012 at 14:49
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    To return everything back $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Default"
    – shock_one
    May 22, 2014 at 13:18
  • It also works on Ubuntu 16.04.
    – Alan Zhiliang Feng
    Apr 26, 2017 at 12:25

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