[Alpine-info] what happened to ^W^X (delete rest of text)?

[Carlos E. R.]

On 2024-03-14 12:59, Rob Wolfcon wrote:

> (once more sending, this time to mailing list for all, not only for Carlos :-) )



:-)



> 

> On Wed, 13 Mar 2024, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> 

>>> I'm using Alpine 2.26 from Fedora Linux's repo.

>>>

>>> When composing a message, I used to be able to type ^W^X to delete from

>>> the current position to the end of the message.

>>>

>>> I admit that the sequence was quite odd: how does ^W (Whereis) logically

>>> encompass "delete from here on"?  But I got used to that feature.

>>>

>>> In a recent update, the feature disappeared (or became disabled).

>>> Can I re-enable it?

>>>

>>> Common sense says that ^^ (mark) and ^K (delete from mark to current

>>> position) is a better choice, but my fingers know ^W^X.

>>

>> Interesting, it deletes all except the signature. I might find this useful :-)

> 

> 

> Hello,

> 

> this is a patch

> 

> https://alpineapp.email/alpine/info/DelText.html

> 

> It's included in patched version https://alpineapp.email/alpine/info/all.html

> or you can apply this patch yourself.

> 

> And yes, it deletes the text to the end or to the signature begin :-) (as

> described on the patch page).


Ah, then it is that the distribution changed criteria. First they 
published with the patch, then without.

Maybe D. Hugh can report a bug.

-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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