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Ask HN: GNU readline editing support in GUI frameworks

2 pointsby cyfexover 4 years ago
Is there a way to use GNU readline motion and editing key bindings in GUI frameworks like GTK+, Qt, etc.?<p>Over the years I have grown accustomed to readline&#x27;s key bindings in the terminal (e.g.: ctrl+a: move to the line start, ctrl+e: move to the line end, etc.) and I find it annoying not to be able to use the same bindings in GUI input fields.<p>How come there isn&#x27;t widespread support for this, and instead GUI frameworks use a different set of key bindings (e.g.: ctrl+a: select all)?

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