mutt alters terminal state in foot terminal
## Summary
In the [foot](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot) terminal, mutt leaves the terminal in an altered state. See also debian bug here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1140154
## Steps to reproduce
Steps to reproduce:
* Open terminal
* Word navigation using alt-f and alt-b is usable within the bash shell
* Open mutt
* Quit mutt
* alt-f and alt-b are no longer usable. These commands now insert æ and â characters.
## What is the current bug behavior?
alt-f and alt-b insert characters into the terminal.
## What is the expected correct behavior?
I expect alt-f and alt-b to behave as before using mutt. I can work around this bug by running `reset` to reset the terminal after using mutt.
## Mutt version
Mutt 2.3.2 (2026-04-26)
Copyright (C) 1996-2026 Michael R. Elkins and others.
Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'.
Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details.
System: Linux 7.0.10+deb14-amd64 (x86_64)
ncurses: ncurses 6.6.20251231 (compiled with 6.6)
libidn2: 2.3.8 (compiled with 2.3.8)
hcache backend: tokyocabinet 1.4.48
Compiler:
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/15/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 15.2.0-17' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-15/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2,rust,cobol,algol68 --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-15 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --enable-libphobos-checking=release --with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --enable-cet --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/reproducible-path/gcc-15-15.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/reproducible-path/gcc-15-15.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --enable-offload-defaulted --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --enable-link-serialization=3
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 15.2.0 (Debian 15.2.0-17)
Configure options: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr '--includedir=${prefix}/include' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man' '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --disable-option-checking --disable-silent-rules '--libdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' --runstatedir=/run --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking --with-mailpath=/var/mail --enable-compressed --enable-debug --enable-fcntl --enable-hcache --enable-gpgme --enable-imap --enable-smtp --enable-pop --enable-sidebar --enable-dotlock --enable-autocrypt --disable-fmemopen --with-curses --with-gnutls --with-gss --with-idn2 --with-mixmaster --with-gsasl --with-sqlite3 --without-gdbm --without-bdb --without-qdbm --with-tokyocabinet build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu CC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -ffile-prefix-map=/build/reproducible-path/mutt-2.3.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fcf-protection' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'
Compilation CFLAGS: -Wall -pedantic -Wno-long-long -g -O2 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -ffile-prefix-map=/build/reproducible-path/mutt-2.3.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fcf-protection
Compile options:
-DOMAIN
+DEBUG
-HOMESPOOL +USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +DL_STANDALONE +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK
+USE_POP +USE_IMAP +USE_SMTP
-USE_SSL_OPENSSL +USE_SSL_GNUTLS -USE_SASL +USE_GSASL +USE_GSS +HAVE_GETADDRINFO
+HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX
+HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_START_COLOR +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD +HAVE_BKGDSET
+HAVE_CURS_SET +HAVE_META +HAVE_RESIZETERM +HAVE_FUTIMENS
+CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_PGP +CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_SMIME +CRYPT_BACKEND_GPGME
-EXACT_ADDRESS -SUN_ATTACHMENT
+ENABLE_NLS -LOCALES_HACK +HAVE_WC_FUNCS +HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET +HAVE_LANGINFO_YESEXPR
+HAVE_ICONV -ICONV_NONTRANS -HAVE_LIBIDN +HAVE_LIBIDN2 +HAVE_GETSID +USE_HCACHE
+USE_SIDEBAR +USE_COMPRESSED +USE_INOTIFY
-ISPELL
SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail"
MAILPATH="/var/mail"
PKGDATADIR="/usr/share/mutt"
SYSCONFDIR="/etc"
EXECSHELL="/bin/sh"
MIXMASTER="mixmaster"
## Relevant logs and/or screenshots
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