Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 02:45:10PM +0200, Matthias Andree via Mutt-dev wrote: >> I normally do not take part in policy discussions unless we must protect >> someone or something; >> can you, Jim, or Claus, please explain how *ALIASING* Delete and >> Backspace to do the same thing is "good"? > > I'd like to hear more too. I haven't seen any complaints before the IRC > question, and I think that question was at least partly because of the > inconsistent mutt documentation. So I'm not going to force this change. > > But my understanding was that general expectations have changed. vim and > emacs (without a configuration file) delete forwards, as does bash. At > least, for me they behave that way. > > Jim and Claus, do you need to make changes to your systems to support that > backwards delete behavior elsewhere?
FWIW, I've had 'bind editor <delete> delete-char' in my config for more than 20 years. It's been so long that when I saw this change I wondered how the current default hadn't driven me mad. Apparently, it did. :) I don't know if I now use ^D or delete in the editor. It's the sort of thing I do without thinking. I surely used delete when I initially started with mutt, as I didn't know to remap ctrl to a saner spot on the keyboard and use such combinations consistently across many terminal apps. Any change in a default will disrupt someone's habits, of course. I would guess -- and a guess is all it is -- more new users are surprised that delete behaves as backspace. -- Todd
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