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Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors



> > >  >The /etc/Muttrc in the mutt package makes a fruit salad of mutt.
> > > Most people like it.
> > 
> > BTW, the default key bindings in mutt are horribly broken. No key does
> > what someone would expect.
> 
> that depends on what you're used to. if you've been using elm for years
> then mutt's key binding are perfectly 'natural'
> 
> i used pine for years before switching to mutt. took me several days to
> re-train my fingers for the right keys, but the effort was worth it. i
> tried using the pine emulation bindings but they were more trouble for
> me than just learning the mutt keys.
> 
> i've been using mutt for long enough now that pine's key bindings seem
> clumsy and awkward.
> 

 No way, there's no room for discussion. Up and down arrow keys doesn't
scroll a message ap & down? Pg-down advancing to next message?
 The key binding are so insame that prevent people (newbies) fom using mutt,
they first must to learn how to change those defaults to something
acceptable.


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