On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 07:08:32PM -0500, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > Add the following line to your login script (probably .bash_profile) in > your home directory. > export EDITOR=emacs That's only going to change the default editor (for programs that check that variable). It won't affect the shell keybindings, or keybindings in other apps. For bash, try "set -o emacs". Other programs will be different; for GNOME, try going to Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts, and set "Text Editing Shortcuts" to "Emacs". -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>