DANGER: Re: Backspace direction reversion

This patch REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY SUCKS. Please help save the world. Speak out against this patch which takes us back to the dark ages. SL> This change got snuck in in the middle of a multi-megabyte patch and SL> didn't get due process, nor did it get documented in the ChangeLog. SL> The new code really stinks and has made life miserable for me on 21.2. SL> However, no matter how much I think making Delete delete the wrong SL> direction stinks, if there's consensus for it, it will go back in. Made life miserable?? Excuse me?? Huh?? WTF?? SL> 1999-03-12 SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org&gt; SL> * simple.el (delete-key-deletes-forward): Revert to previous SL> behavior. SL> Index: lisp/simple.el SL> =================================================================== SL> RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/simple.el,v SL> retrieving revision 1.24.2.2 SL> diff -u -r1.24.2.2 simple.el SL> --- simple.el 1998/12/05 16:54:50 1.24.2.2 SL> +++ simple.el 1999/03/12 10:37:31 SL> ＠＠ -433,7 +433,7 ＠＠ SL> (and overwrite-mode (not (eolp)) SL> (save-excursion (insert-char ?\ arg)))) SL> -(defcustom delete-key-deletes-forward t SL> +(defcustom delete-key-deletes-forward nil SL> "*If non-nil, the DEL key will erase one character forwards. SL> If nil, the DEL key will erase one character backwards." SL> :type 'boolean