Ipython Qtconsole - conflicting keyword

Question

The ipython documentation says "The Qt console has emacs-style keyboard shortcuts"

However, when I press Ctrl + w instead of the expected emacs-style keyboard shortcut (delete the word back), my session / window closes

Is this the intended behavior?

Ctrl + w is the most useful emacs-style keybinding. I'm sorry that someone decided to steal him for a "closed window"

Is there any way to return reset to emacs-style

Answer 1

Not the answer you were looking for, but I'm sure it is not possible. The document you are pointing at reads: "The Qt interface has emacs-style manual bindings for text navigation. This is not yet configurable." The fact that they are manually encoded means that the default emacs style binding is not correct by default.