> Why? Delete is the proper key to use for doing a step back; this> ain't PC
> land where they confused DEL (destructive) and Backspace> (non destructive)
> with Backspace (delete left) and DEL (delete under).> I *never* want to
> delete what is to the right of the cursor.
As someone who grew up on a DEC VT220 (and VT320, and VT400):
forget it. 99% of the people out there experience [BACKSPACE] as the key to
delete with. And not even 35 years of UNIX-ingrained thinking, including people
like me who grew up on it, is going to change that.
If Sun continues with the [DEL] key being used to backspace-delete stuff,
that's just being unreasonable. I support Sun Microsystems and Sun engineers
99% of the time, but this is 1% where even I have to write:
drop it guys, it doesn't make any sense, and don't try to fight the whole world
on this. It's a battle already lost.
I want you to push that RFE through. Your call.
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