Re: Bug#403611: xemacs21-basesupport: xsl mode interprets delete key inconsistently
tags 403611 etch-ignore
thanks
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 06:32:20AM +0900, Tatsuya Kinoshita wrote:
> On December 18, 2006 at 2:09PM +0100,
> peter_e (at gmx.net) wrote:
> > Package: xemacs21-basesupport
> > Version: 2006.05.10-1
> > Severity: serious
> > Justification: release criterion 5.(e)
> > The xsl mode (xslide) supplied in this package interprets the delete
> > key as a backspace. This is inconsistent with other emacs modes and
> > the rest of the system.
> The xsl-mode isn't enabled by default and isn't problematic in my
> normal use. I feel the severity can be downgraded for Etch.
Hmm, tentatively agreed; this is ultimately a reference to policy 9.8
defining how keys should be understood, and this is primarily about
standardizing terminal behavior so that applications know how to interact.
It does diminish the quality of implementation for an application (or emacs
mode) to unnecessarily diverge from these rules, but I don't think a single
emacs mode handling delete differently is a reason to remove all of
xemacs21-packages from the release.
Thanks,
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