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Topic #34	Change key binding of external editor by Nigel - visitor 06/01/2006 @ 15:16
How do I change the "Ctrl-E" key binding of the external editor in Thunderbird? My fingers are hard-wired to use C-e as end-of-line, because of 25 years of using Emacs.

Answer #1	by Globs - ( 67 messages ) 06/01/2006 @ 15:20
That's not possible afaik unless you change the binding in the extension code. If you want to get into this, I can tell you exactly where to search.

Answer #2	by Nigel - visitor 06/01/2006 @ 16:51
I don't know anything about the Mozilla extension language, but hey, it's just software, I'm willing to have a go

Answer #3	by Globs - ( 68 messages ) 06/01/2006 @ 17:15
Ok, so you must unzip the external editor xpi. You'll find a chrome directory containing exteditor.jar unzip it too. Edit the file content/exteditor.xul Search for this block and change the setting "E" and "accel" if you want. For the modifiers, have a look here. <keyset id="tasksKeys"> <key id="key_exteditor" key="E" modifiers="accel" oncommand="launchExtEditor()"/> </keyset> Then, repackage everything back. If you're on Linux, just use the included makefile at the top level. Good luck

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