Re: For 1.5.10: cursor patch
On Tuesday, 29 March 2005 at 04:05, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
> Dear mutt developers,
>
> The included patch puts the cursor at the beginning of the selected line
> in mutt menus, even when the arrow_cursor variable is unset, making it
> easier for blind persons to follow these menus.
...
> In mutt, when the arrow_cursor variable is unset, the cursor is put at
> the end of menu lines for the moment. Consequently, the end of the line
> is displayed on the braille display, whereas the interesting information
> is generally located at the beginning of the line.
This patch seems completely reasonable to me. I suppose there was a
reason why the cursor was put at the end, but I don't know what it
was (maybe to make it less distracting?), and it isn't consistent
with arrow_cursor anyway.
That said, I don't know that the interesting information needs to be
on the left. For example, I find the message subject to be
interesting, and that's on the right with my index_format string.