Comment by positron26
3 days ago
Right after the nano maintainer got bullied out by the FSF, I noticed two bindings got their defaults changed. They never change. I almost feel like it was graffiti, a flex against the old maintainer, a retribution for not doing whatever the FSF wanted.
Since forever, GNU readline programs and nano had identical bindings. I'm fast moving around the CLI because I'm fast at nano. Emacs has the same defaults. What sane organization only abandons their own defaults and prioritizes that work after pushing the existing maintainer out (or irritating them enough to accomplish this)?
Which bindings changed?
bind ^F forward main
bind ^B back main
bind M-f nextword main
bind M-b prevword main
What did the maintainer change them to instead?
(Because tone doesn't always come across, I'm asking out of curiosity, not to like challenge you about it.)
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