From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Merciadri Luca Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: is insert(backspace and overwrite character) possible? Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 08:58:09 +0200 Organization: ULg Message-ID: <87bpcp36ke.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA> References: <87r5lm6u4g.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273391045 23946 80.91.229.12 (9 May 2010 07:44:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 07:44:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 09 09:43:58 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OB1B8-0007Sm-6z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 May 2010 09:43:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32862 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OB1B7-0002P0-9i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 May 2010 03:43:57 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JpOz27f05nK1IwTALr7q9nm2KQA= Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.197.101.67 Original-X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=1; jHR_fZ:b@3j@n`X75YjCYSB=nbEKnkK9iB6]CU5[`HB`G2cTG; MnALGVLjEY^2YH[=LHD=0P^YD9g\V1BeNHOI5Z@8`56Df9@MhYiWi]0XUORnCm5]4RkfN Original-X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:178076 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:73604 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Barry Margolin writes: > You can't do it just with insert, and I don't know how you would do it > in C, either. You need to write a conditional, like > > (if (looking-at "- ") > (delete-char 2)) > > before doing the insert. Thanks. I do not remember for the C, but I am pretty sure that I had already used it (in the past). - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- It is possible to be born an aristocrat without ever becoming a gentleman. (Nicholas Ridley) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 iEYEARECAAYFAkvmXQEACgkQM0LLzLt8MhzyRgCeLUA/4zGAnGtrkd19y6A984aa P88AoI5OXweV6myXwfZ4mvEYevoIcJ0f =E/t0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----