On 1 Dec 2008, at 11:03, Allan Day wrote:

The reason I ask is that this seems to be a classic (potentially
archetypal) case of having to find a balance between the needs of
individual apps on the one hand, and the need for consistency in tab
implementation across the desktop on the other.

Well, gedit fails on the consistency front too-- Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn, per the original gtk keynav spec and the current Accessibility Guide, are supposed to scroll a text view left and right, not move the cursor between paragraphs :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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