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

Thomas Dickey dickey at his.com
Thu Mar 1 15:20:28 UTC 2018


----- Original Message -----
| From: "Ankman" <ankman at debiancenter.org>
| To: 888391 at bugs.debian.org
| Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 8:52:06 AM
| Subject: Bug#888391: lynx: RUBOUT deletes character in FRONT of the cursor instead of BEHIND
| 
| Thomas Dickey wrote:
| >
| > | But let me, as the one sending this bug report, conform that
| > | "Bash-like
| > | Bindings" indeed "fixes" the problem on my side.
| > | 
| > | I suppose if that would be set to be default everybody is happy. Because
| > | doubt anyone enjoys the default settings (at best doesn't cares). I
| > | suggest to set it default in the next release and all is good. :-)
| >
| > "default" happens to be the default value, but it is a setting that is
| > saved in .lynxrc, so once changed, it persists.
| 
| I agree. But after a fresh install the Bash-like-Bindings are not default,
| are they? If not, in my opinion that should be changed.
| 
| That would also close this bug report (well design flaw in my opinion). No
| re-write of vim's code necessary at all in this case.

a fresh install will never modify your "~/.lynxrc" file, since it is not part of the package.

(reinstalling vim doesn't alter your .vimrc or .viminfo files, either)

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