From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: user has no business toggling overwrite-mode in read-only buffers
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:34:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EA455C3.6020507@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.4954.1050790959.21513.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Dan Jacobson wrote:
> In a new crackdown on excessive freedoms, prime minister Moi
> recommends toggling overwrite-mode be outlawed in read-only buffers.
>
> In an interview, he was quoted as saying "It just doesn't make sense.
It makes complete sense. overwrite-mode is used to toggle overwrite mode,
meaning that it is also used to turn it off if it is already on. I assume
it is possible to configure Emacs so that overwrite mode is on by default
(at least for particular modes), and so disabling the overwrite-mode function
would actually prevent the user from being able to turn it off.
--
<a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-21 20:34 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <mailman.4954.1050790959.21513.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-04-19 22:39 ` user has no business toggling overwrite-mode in read-only buffers David Kastrup
2003-04-20 16:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2003-04-21 1:32 ` Dan Jacobson
2003-04-21 20:34 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.4999.1050904302.21513.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-04-21 20:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
2003-04-21 20:42 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-04-19 19:47 Dan Jacobson
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