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  2. From: wohler@sap-ag.DE (Bill Wohler)
  3. Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
  4. Subject: Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode
  5. Date: 26 Jan 1993 21:55:52 -0500
  6. Organization: SAP AG  Walldorf, Germany
  7. Lines: 20
  8. Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
  9. Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
  10. Distribution: gnu
  11. Message-ID: <9301261028.AA08057@sap-ag.de>
  12. References: <GAMIN.93Jan22232846@amadeus.ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca>
  13. Reply-To: Bill Wohler <wohler@sap-ag.de>
  14.  
  15. Martin says:
  16. > I said:
  17. > >i think the design came about because quoted-insert can insert
  18. > >1, 2 or more characters.
  19. > 
  20. > Not!  quoted-insert can insert only one character, although characters
  21. > can be displayed in various ways. 
  22.  
  23. martin,
  24.  
  25.   you hit the nail on the head.
  26.  
  27.   what you said, in other words, is that in overwrite mode, one
  28.   character should be replaced by one character, even with quoted
  29.   insert.  *visibly*, something else might happen.  therefore, in
  30.   overwrite mode, you should be able to go from "hunchen" to
  31.   "h\207nchen" and vice-versa without having to delete any characters.
  32.  
  33.                         --bw
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