Re: [Nano-devel] [RFC] is it time to break free from the Pico defaults

[Brand Huntsman]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:36:56 -0600
David Ramsey <address@hidden> wrote:

> Brand Huntsman:
> > It isn't right to completely remove useful features to protect
> > non-power users.  
> 
> True, but if they can't be made to work *reliably*, I figure it
> becomes a case of "do it right, or don't do it at all."

Binding ^H has nothing to do with "do it right, or don't do it at all.".

Not all terminals support color, should it be removed from nano for 
reliability? There are many other things in nano that depend on features of the 
system or hardware to work properly, and not all features work everywhere. No 
one would use nano if its feature set was limited to what worked reliably on 
100% of systems.

And modifying the config of any program usually includes risks. Rebinding ^O 
prevents saving a file. Rebinding ^X prevents exiting nano, unless you know 
about F2. A simple typo by someone who knows exactly what they are doing can 
cause this.

Someone who has a terminal capable of producing unique keycodes for control 
keys should be able to bind them in nano. Just as someone with a terminal 
capable of displaying color should be able to enable UI colors and syntax 
highlighting.