> > I agree. Mutt should by default be much more like pine. I like > > This sounds like a lot of recent threads on debian-devel -- > "the defaults should suite MY PREFERENCES!" That's why they're > defaults -- you can change them. > > Personally I can't stand Mutt's default colours (green on blue? ugh!) > but the default keybinds are fine. I have a .muttrc which I copy > around between all my accounts.
It's a tough issue, but there's certainly a line somewhere. And mutt does not have reasonable defaults. In the keyboard, each key has a function, there are lots of functions that are not directly in the keyboard, that's why each program has to invent a keybinding. But there are functions that *are* in the keyboard and so: PgUp - must scroll up a page, just that. PgDown - must scroll down a page Up Arrow - must scroll up a line Up Arrow - must scroll down a line Home - must go to the start of something End - must go to the end of something Using the Space and the Backspace keys for up and down movement is absurd, it's even stupid. Backspace is back-space. Those keybindings where thought for keyboards without arrows, and those keyboards no longer exists... Besides, configuration should always target the norma-naive user. The tough user can always edit a configfile.
