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

On Sat, Aug  1, 2026 at 18:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> On 2026-07-31 19:37:41 +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
>> Jim and Claus, I respect that this decision is annoying to some older users.

That's a bit harsh, Kevin.  How about "experienced" or "long term"
users?  ;-)

> Well, Jim said that on his system, the key named "backspace" (or with
> a leftward arrow) on his keyboard sends the DEL character.

That is what I see if I type Ctrl-V <that key above return with the arrow>.

> But this character is normally recognized by ncurses as the <BackSpace>
> key, not the <Delete> key.  Moreover, Jim also said that the Delete key of
> his keyboard sends ^H (instead of the usual escape sequence).

Or so says my shell when I type Ctrl-V <delete key>.

> So I suspect that Jim will never get the curses <Delete> in Mutt, and the
> change won't affect him.

And, if it does, I guess I will have to do something like
         bind editor <delete> backspace
(thanks Kevin).

Or maybe I need to give up the notion that DEL deletes backwards, like it
has for me for the last 51 years.  And adopt the notion that "backspace"
for some reason deletes a character, rather than just doing, um, a
backspace.

Cheers.
                                Jim