gnome-terminal Keyboard Shortcuts in OS X

After installing the Darwin ports gnome-terminal app, I noticed none of my favorite keyboard shortcuts were not configured. The Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts tool was not working for me, so I was stuck without my favorite shortcuts such as "New Tab". After remapping a few shortcuts on a Solaris box, I figured out the correct config to hack up. To setup some simple keyboard mappings such as new tab, new window, paste, etc, do the following:

1. Create a directory for the keybindings
   

   mkdir -p ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/keybindings

   
   
2. Edit a [new] %gconf file
   

   vi  ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/keybindings/%gconf.xml

   
   
3. Paste in some mappings. Below are a few standard defaults
   

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <gconf>
           <entry name="new_window" mtime="1148771763" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Shift><Control>n</stringvalue>
           </entry>
           <entry name="new_tab" mtime="1148771848" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Shift><Control>t</stringvalue>
           </entry>
           <entry name="copy" mtime="1148771848" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Shift><Control>c</stringvalue>
           </entry>
           <entry name="paste" mtime="1148771848" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Shift><Control>v</stringvalue>
           </entry>
           <entry name="switch_to_tab_1" mtime="1148771848" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Alt>1</stringvalue>
           </entry>
           <entry name="switch_to_tab_2" mtime="1148771848" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Alt>2</stringvalue>
           </entry>
           <entry name="switch_to_tab_3" mtime="1148771848" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Alt>3</stringvalue>
           </entry>
           <entry name="switch_to_tab_4" mtime="1148771848" type="string">
                   <stringvalue><Alt>4</stringvalue>
           </entry>
   </gconf>

Note:

• After adding the mappings, restart X
  
• I cannot get "copy" to work, but paste seems to work??
  
• If you are looking for other remaps, you can always update a keybinding on a Solaris or Linux box and inspect "~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/keybindings/%gconf.xml" for the correct config value

With a little luck, your remaps will take affect.