Unix Keybindings for the Eclipse IDE

Key bindings can be set by going to Window->Preferences->General->Keys and set the key bindings for:

• Delete Previous Word -> Ctrl+W
• Delete to Beginning of Line -> Ctrl+U
• Line Start -> Ctrl+A
• Line End -> Ctrl+E

Here is a config file based on the default bindings with the necessary changes that you can load into your Eclipse setup using File->Import->General->Preferences->Key Preferences.

• eclipse-unix-keys.epf

This was generated and tested with Eclipse 3.5 Galileo, I’m not an Eclipse user so I have no idea if it works with other versions, please let me know if you have any issues or find a better way to do this.