Re: [PATCH] Change <delete> to delete forward in the editor menu.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 09:11 (+0200), Rene Kita wrote:

> 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.

Way back when, before the pestilence known as Microsoft spread throughout
the world, the delete key deleted backwards, as it should.

Perhaps delete has been set to delete backwards because that is how people
not used to the M$ world had been using it forever?

I've been using this it thusly continuously for many years, and still do.
If it ain't broken, must you fix it?

                                Jim