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Bug 241303 - C-w should not close window when using Emacs editing shortcuts
C-w should not close window when using Emacs editing shortcuts
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 241187
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Tasks
pre-1.5 (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: evolution-calendar-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-04-14 01:06 UTC by now michael@endbracket.net
Modified: 2003-05-01 21:39 UTC
See Also:
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Description now michael@endbracket.net 2003-04-14 01:06:59 UTC 
I have Emacs editing shortcuts enabled in both GNOME 2
(Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts) and Evolution
(Composer Preferences->Shortcuts Type).

When I edit text fields (such as a task), I expect C-w to delete
the previous word.  Instead Evolution is closed.

Whilst I think C-w is the correct shortcut to close a Window under
a Mac or Windows environment (and so it should stay when using
GNOME default or Microsoft keyboard shortcuts), it is counter
intuitive and highly annoying when using Emacs editing mode.
Comment 1 now michael@endbracket.net 2003-04-30 23:33:25 UTC 
My expectation that Control-W would delete the previous word is it
seems not actually Emacs behavior but rather one commonly found in
shells such as bash and tcsh.  Control-W is bound to kill-region by
default rather than delete-word.

Either way, Control-W is probably not expected to close the existing
window when using Emacs-style shortcuts, but the kill-region command
is not such a simple command as the delete-word command, and it's
conceivable that Evolution and/or GNOME will not implement this command,
so the question seems to be:
Do we leave the existing key binding for C-w, or do we unbind it.
Comment 2 Gerardo Marin 2003-05-01 21:39:55 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 241187 ***