[Bug 268692] New: (optional?) bash-like keybindings

[fred]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268692

           Summary: (optional?) bash-like keybindings
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: fdruec1 at uic.edu


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.1) 
OS:                Linux

I don't suppose this would be easy to implement but:

Wouldn't it be nice if the same keybindings that you use when working with bash
in a terminal did the same things in desktop applications?  It would certainly
result in me opening a lot less print dialogues and new windows.

Additionally, I would argue that the "ctrl+f,ctrl+b,ctrl+p,ctrl+n" keybindings
are superior than the standard "T-arrow" keys since they can be used without
moving your hands out of standard typing position.

The vi-navigation keys "hjkl" are also superior to the arrow keys, in my
opinion.  Arguably they're better than the emacs-style bash defaults, but for
some reason I'm more comfortable with them emacs-style keys.  Other keybinding
that I'm a fan of include:

ctrl+k/ctrl+y kill/paste
(i could see ctrl+x staying in as "cut" which is different that "kill-line")
ctrl+a "go to the end of the line"
ctrl+e "go the beginning of the line"
ctrl+s "search"
ctrl+r "search-backwords"

I'm sure other heavy terminal users might have a few others.

I would suggest that existing conflicting shortcuts could perhaps be moved to
"super-L" or "meta-L" shortcuts.

I suppose there will be demand for this feature to be optional, as not all KDE
users are familiar with the bash-like keybdindings (and vi users will want vi
keybindings instead) but I would think that there would be a large number of
users who would appreciate this as an optional feature.  Thanks.

Reproducible: Didn't try

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