Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors
On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 02:38:12PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> 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.
>
In fact, this has at least worked for a long time (and probably still works -
but I don't do any helpdesk anymore so I don't have to use those programs) with
a few internet related windows programs as well, as there are: netscape (not
strictly windows, I know), for both navigator and messenger, interest exploder^H
^H^Hwhatever, outlook express. And who are we to correct Micro$oft? :-)
Regards,
Filip
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