Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your message. Ubuntu 6.10 (GNOME desktop edition); gedit
2.16.1. My copy of Ubuntu seems up to date with all current patches
etc.
The keyboard is a Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro. No special
configuration that I'm aware of; I'm running everything out of the
box. I use the
Daniel, Sebastian:
The problem is indeed in GTK+, in gtk/gtktextview.c line 851 (as of GTK
2.10.6). There is an error in the way the key bindings are set up:
add_move_binding (binding_set, GDK_Right, GDK_CONTROL_MASK,
GTK_MOVEMENT_WORDS, 1);
add_move_binding (binding_set,
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gedit
Pressing Ctrl+Left Arrow moves one word to the right, not the left.
***Note: This only applies to the left arrow key on the numeric keypad
(shared with the '4'). The left arrow key in the cluster of arrow keys
in the separate keyboard section
