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: is insert(backspace and overwrite character) possible? Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 22:01:03 +0200 Organization: ULg Message-ID: <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 1273351263 835 80.91.229.12 (8 May 2010 20:41:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 20:41:03 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 08 22:41:00 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 1OAqpU-0007c0-QN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 May 2010 22:40:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55037 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OAqpQ-0000kZ-IM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 May 2010 16:40:52 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.net.uni-c.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:rDRVeJImuXtS1H9FHB2m4/nyLSc= Original-Lines: 68 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.197.101.67 Original-X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=\7h_9]S]86TOH21j@:G^6UYSB=nbEKnk[fPSZB06Fl0_g4HJ[3aR:ljmV^1lBh] Original-X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:178065 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:73592 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, In some definition, I have == (insert "-- \n") == Let's say that the text is == dummy text == It then writes == dummy text - -- == That's nice, but my text is not that one, unfortunately. Let's say that the text is == dummy text - - -- == How can I make an `insert' to overwrite the first `-' and the related space? With == dummy text - - -- == I would like to have == dummy text - -- == by simply calling insert. Is it possible? I know that this is possible in C language. Thanks. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Love is real only when a person can sacrifice himself for another. (Leo Tolstoy) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 iEYEARECAAYFAkvlwv8ACgkQM0LLzLt8MhwHeQCgjYZbaJA62oMpmrFrT0kqsZO1 f9cAniHdrebw41a9y19RHChCP4JpD3IF =SH+W -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----