Re: XEmacs 21 /vs./ my keyboard: I want my DEL back

Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:32:03 -0800 (PST) From: Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; In tty mode, and by default in X mode, the block cursor covers the character after point. What could be more intuitive behavior than having the key labelled Del delete that character? Your question may be rhetorical, but my answer is ``leaving things alone.'' I type a key, it inserts a character. Then I type delete, it deletes the character. Pretty damned obvious if you ask me. Really, neither one is any more obvious than the other, but one is the way things have always been. You're arguing for a change, i. e. alienating your current user base. So far, the best argument that I've seen even hinted at is ``That's how Bill does it.'' Personally, I think it's a pretty sorry argument. This is not something Bill Gates got wrong. Maybe, maybe not. I think it is something he got wrong. You're the one arguing for a change. I'd hope that you'd come up with a better argument for it, or else leave it be. Rick