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Re: S-Lang, FreeBSD, <home> / <end> key bindings problem



On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Udo Schweigert wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 18:44:14 +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> > > Most FreeBSD mutt users (-stable and -devel) prefer using slang (as do I),
> > > but there are a very few who prefer ncurses, because of unusal key- and
> > > color-bindings. As FreeBSD has established the POLA (principle of least
> > > astonishment) the default is what most people want.
> >
> > And I would want it too if I knew how to configure key bindings to
> > make it work again, hence me asking.  I don't care which it is
> > compiled with as long as it works so if slang is the default I'd
> > rather use that as I would have expected it to be better supported
> > and tested.
>
> It is by far better tested, as most people use it. The -stable mutt port
                                 ^^^^ (that may be true, but I've seen
no actual counts - how are you measuring this - or are you?

(subjective measures don't count)

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