Replying to myself.
I found a semi working solution here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9202312postcount=6
It changes the key binding for forward word using the gtkrc file so
that it generates two move-cursor events:
bind ControlRight { move-cursor (words, 2, 0) move-cursor
(words, -1, 0) }
However that does not work for the last word in the buffer as it in
that case just moves one forward and one back.
After some experimentation I came up with this instead that seem to
work better for my application:
bind ControlRight { move-cursor (words, 1, 0) move-cursor
(logical-positions, 1, 0) }
Obviously this does not jump to the start of the next word if there
are more spaces (or other chracters) than one but that is not so
common in natural language that my application is used for.
The real solution would probably be to create a new move unit (or user
parameter to the word unit) that move to start of next word.
However even if this quick solution is buggy my users seem to prefer
it over the default GTK behavior.
I've attached the gtkrc in case it would be of interest for anyone.
/Fredrik
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Fredrik Corneliusson
fredrik.cornelius...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
The GTK cursor movement convention used to move the cursor one word
forward (CTRL+Right) differs from what is normal in MS Windows
(Wimp-theme does not solve this).
The normal behavior in MS Windows is to move to the start of the next
word (include the space) and on GTK it only moves to the end of the
word.
For text editing intensive applications this is an annoyance for
experienced users.
Does anyone have hints on how to go about make this configurable in a
client application or if this needs changes at the GTK core?
Regards,
Fredrik
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