[pkg-lynx-maint] Bug#888391: lynx: RUBOUT deletes character in FRONT of the cursor instead of BEHIND

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

ank man wrote:
> > I've tested all lynx versions available in supported Debian releases
> > and found that those lynx versions in
> >
> > * Debian Unstable/Buster (2.8.9dev16-2),
> > * Debian 9 Stretch (2.8.9dev11-1), and
> > * Debian 8 Jessie (2.8.9dev1-2)
> >
> > exhibit this behaviour, but not the lynx version in
> >
> > * Debian 7 Wheezy (2.8.8dev.12-2).
> 
> And as mentioned in (an older, hasn't been updated for years) OpenBSD .

No. You mentioned that it "_happens_ in _any_ lynx on Linux, UNIX, OpenBSD
I tried."

While I wrote in the last two lines you've cited: "but _not_ the lynx
version in Debian 7 Wheezy".

> I checked another system I have an account at Debian GNU/Linux 6.0

Are you sure it's a Debian _6_.0? Because that's EOL since 2 years
(LTS) respectively 4 years (regular).

> (what ever name that is now)

It always was and still is called "Squeeze". That never changed. See
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases

> and can confirm the bug there too.

Now that's confusing. So the bug is present in Debian 6, 8 and 9, but
_not_ in Debian 7? Will eventually cross-check in a VM.

[The remainder of this mail is probably off-topic for the Debian BTS,
 but might be mildly amusing for some readers. :-]

> > P.S.: I've never heard of "RUBOUT" as an alternative name for DEL or
> > DELETE.
> 
> I think I mixed up DEL and BACKSPACE when I mentioned RUBOUT.

Ok, to be more precise: I've never heard of "RUBOUT" as name for any
key. :-)

> I am old school. :-)

.oO( /me too. At least I think so. ;-)

> And recently read some manuals of old CP/M systems and the key was
> called RUBOUT there.

Ok, not _that_ old school. ;-)

> <https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/5q0li0/this_keyboard_has_a_rub_out_key/?st=jcuio1b6&sh=11f9dc8b>
> shows a vintage keyboard with a key labeled "RUB OUT" on it.

Cool, thanks for the link!

If I ever manage to get an individually printed key cap set for one of
my keyboards, it will have "RUB OUT" printed on the BACKSPACE key cap.
:-D

		Regards, Axel
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