From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Overwrite" toggle in the Edit menu Date: 11 Feb 2002 10:16:23 +0100 Message-ID: <5xofiwgyzc.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200202110209.g1B291q06543@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: quimby2.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: quimby2.netfonds.no 1013419705 29312 195.204.10.66 (11 Feb 2002 09:28:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby2.netfonds.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Feb 2002 09:28:25 GMT Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby2.netfonds.no with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16aCl7-0007cg-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:28:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16aCbB-0000sD-00; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:18:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16aCYO-0000nv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:15:17 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 8CBEC7C035 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:15:09 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <200202110209.g1B291q06543@aztec.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: quimby.gnus.org gmane.emacs.devel:991 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:991 Richard Stallman writes: > Kim wrote this in one of his e-mails stored in after-21.1.xmail: > > > BTW, I would suggest adding an "Overwrite" toggle on the Edit menu. > > What do you think about it? > > Do word processors with GUIs usually have such a menu item? M$ word: Tool->Options->Edit Tab->Overtype Mode M$ notepad: Cannot overwrite. M$ wordpad: Can overwrite (Insert toggles), no menu option. Netscape mail composer: Cannot overwrite. I guess the answer is : no or not easily accessible. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel