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don provan <dprovan@comcast.net> writes:

> Wait, you *want* to toggle the useless overwrite-mode on?
> Are you crazy? I wish my PC keyboard *didn't* have an insert
> key. Not that it's a problem with Emacs, of course, but in
> Windows applications, accidentally finding myself in
> overwrite mode drives me crazy.

I tend to agree, but I won't count this guy out just yet :) Maybe he
has some smart way of working with that feature?