Re: 'delete' in the line editor
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 02:32:31PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> TAKAHASHI Tamotsu (ttakah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said:
> > > Haven't looked, I don't need to. A cursory read of the source *shows*
> > > that you can't get the 'delete' semantics in the line editor
> > > because NO KEY IS EVER BOUND TO THAT FUNCTION.
> >
> > Really?
> >
> > Try
> > bind editor ':' delete-char
> > for example.
> > Then you will be able to delete current character with ':' key.
>
> Perhaps I wasn't clear. I was asking *why* we don't bind, say,
> delete, to delete-char. It's obvious that you *can*
> bind a key to it; the question is why isn't it that way by
> default.
I see. Perhaps I misunderstood you. Thanks for correcting me.
I don't know why we don't bind DEL to delete-char.
Maybe because we can bind it in /etc/Muttrc. :)
Or maybe because some terminals treat BS as DEL?
Well, I was just like a know-it-all. Forget what I said.
--
tamo