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- From: woods@elegant.COM (Greg A. Woods)
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
- Subject: Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 22:22:40 -0500
- Organization: Elegant Communications Inc.
- Lines: 23
- Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
- Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
- Distribution: gnu
- Message-ID: <930126174710.AA14073@elegant.elegant.com>
- References: <9301190312.AA12589@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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- In article <9301190312.AA12589@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> you write:
- > The correct way to insert characters in overwrite mode is to leave
- > overwrite mode. The fact that quoted-insert always inserts regardless of
- > whether overwrite mode is active is a BUG.
- >
- > No, it is a feature.
-
- I don't really care what you call it (i.e. bug or feature), it is wrong,
- i.e. not correct, with fault, etc. etc.; which should be obvious given
- the definition:
-
- In overwrite mode, printing characters typed in replace existing text
- on a one-for-one basis, rather than pushing it to the right.
-
- especially given the normal congruence between self-insert-command and
- quoted-insert when not in overwrite mode.
-
- --
- Greg A. Woods
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