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Re: lynx-dev "sticky" things
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev "sticky" things |
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Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:11:46 -0400 (EDT) |
> Please don't try to depend on something called 'control-left arrow' or
> even '^V-left arrow'. I know for the ^V-e sequence to edit text edit
> areas, I have to type ^V twice and I know others do. It's rather annoying.
>
> I myself would prefer for default behaviors to STOP CHANGING . If it
> is a new feature, then of course the default is up for discussion. But
> if its a long standing feature, then leaving the default a traditional one
> prevents users from being confused...
while I may (and occasionally do) overlook something buried in a patch, I
don't intend to put any changes of default behavior into the distribution
unless I see that most of the contributors want it.
(experimental features via ifdef's are a different matter...)
> Larry W. Virden <URL: mailto:address@hidden>
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Thomas E. Dickey
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