[Users] [Bug 3371] New: Request for readline/emacs style keybindings for compose window

[Steve Litt]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:54:58 +0000
noreply at thewildbeast.co.uk wrote:

> http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3371
> 
>             Bug ID: 3371
>            Summary: Request for readline/emacs style keybindings for
>                     compose window
>     Classification: Unclassified
>            Product: Claws Mail
>            Version: 3.11.1
>           Hardware: PC
>                 OS: Linux
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: enhancement
>           Priority: P3
>          Component: UI/Compose Window
>           Assignee: users at lists.claws-mail.org
>           Reporter: petter at synth.no
> 
> Is this a possibility? All I want is the basic navigation
> keybindings, C-a/C-e to get to beginning/end of line, etc.
> 
> I know I can use emacs as editor, but on this machine that would just
> be too slow.
> 

I hope that if this does get done, it gets done modularly in such a way
that existing code is left alone. We all have our favorite editors, but
every new feature comes with a new cost in complexity.

SteveT

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