Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors
On 20-Mar-00, 01:46 (CST), Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org> wrote:
> Using the Space and the Backspace keys for up and down movement is absurd,
> it's even stupid. Backspace is back-space. Those keybindings where thought
> for keyboards without arrows, and those keyboards no longer exists...
While I agree with most of what you wrote, you're wrong on this one.
There's a *lot* of history of using the space bar to "do the next thing"
in Unix console programs (more/less, most news readers and existing mail
readers). And there's no reason *not* to use them -- what else would you
bind to the space key? You're right: the defaults should cater to the
new user, but there's no reason to deliberatly aggravate the experienced
user.
Steve
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