Re: [9fans] Samterm up down key patch

[Martin Neubauer <m.ne@gmx.net>]

* ron minnich (rminnich@gmail.com) wrote:
> On 11/14/06, Martin Neubauer <m.ne@gmx.net> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm not quite convinced of the merit of that behaviour. The most direct
> >consequence is that it makes sam inconsistent with acme and rio windows.
>
> But maybe rio and acme are wrong.

Then so is sam (the standard one).

>
> I guess we can worry about internal consistency in plan 9, but fact
> is, in the rest of the known universe, uparrow goes up a line,
> downarrow goes down, they move the cursor.

Don't I know it. Admittedly, it took me a while to get used to the way it
is, but the fact is I _like_ it that way. The last thing I want to start is
a cursor war. (I try to keep in mind I'm still considering my computer
ideology-free.)

>
> We've got page up and page down; we could always use them. It was bad
> enough when right arrow and left arrow did what they did ....
>
> If we're halfway to readline, well, then, maybe people want it, and we
> should have it, and not having it was a mistake all along.  You should
> be different if it makes sense; otherwise, don't.
>
> But the worst thing we can do is fall into the 'it's always worked
> this way' mantra. At that point, you might as well be a Fortran
> programmer.

There isn't much to do than to agree with that. Perhaps I should work on not
getting around as too harsh. I didn't want to dismiss the change per se, but
just state my current opinion (which is liable to change any time without
prior notice).

	Martin