emacs keybindings in firefox

<a href="http://gnu.org/software/emacs/"><img src="gnu.jpg"></a>
<a href="http://getfirefox.com/"><img src="firefox.png"></a>

Use
[Firefox](http://getfirefox.com/) on \*nix? Want
[Emacs](http://gnu.org/software/emacs/) key bindings in text fields? As
described in the [MozillaZine knowledge
base](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Emacs_Keybindings_\(Firefox\)), add this to your
`~/.gtkrc-2.0` file.

    gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"

This will give you many Emacs key bindings, specifically C-a, C-e, C-f, C-b,
C-k, C-u, C-w, C-h, and C-d. However, you won't get C-y, C-p, C-n, C-s, C-r,
C-j, C-m, and C-l, since they're overridden by menu item accelerators.

To get those key bindings too, go to [about:config](about:config) and set
**ui.key.accelKey** to 18. This switches Firefox's accelerator key from Ctrl to
Alt. So, you'll need to use Alt-L to go to the URL box, Alt-T to open a new tab,
etc...but you'll be able to use all the Emacs keybindings burned into your
muscle memory!

Thanks to David Chandler for this tip.