From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: user has no business toggling overwrite-mode in read-only buffers Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:34:11 -0600 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3EA455C3.6020507@yahoo.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050957241 12837 80.91.224.249 (21 Apr 2003 20:34:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:34:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 21 22:33:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 197hzB-0003KR-00 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:33:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 197hza-0004Ow-05 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 197hzS-0004B9-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:34:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 197hzQ-00046S-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:34:12 -0400 Original-Received: from trinity.ranger.supernews.net ([216.168.1.22] helo=trinity.supernews.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 197hzP-00044m-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:34:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de ([160.45.11.165]) by trinity.supernews.net with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 197hzO-000Gjy-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:34:10 +0000 Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:34:10 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:34:09 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: 170.207.51.80!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 17 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: 170.207.51.80 X-Orig-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1050957249 5628143 170.207.51.80 (16 [82742]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020406 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4863 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4863 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. -- Kevin Rodgers