On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 08:22:46PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > I saw this mentioned by tsp on #mutt. Apparently <delete> is bound to > OP_EDITOR_BACKSPACE. I never noticed because I just hit ctrl-d > instinctly instead of reaching over to the delete key! > > <delete> has been set to delete backwards since the initial git > commit. I believe this was related to the awkward era of 'stty erase' > setting 30 years ago to get del/backspace working properly. > > I think we're past that, aren't we? Change it to delete forward by > default. > ---
Yes, we are.
