Re: Red cursor

Beartooth wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2006 17:00:28 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
> [...]
>
>>> On Thu, 25 May 2006, (BST) Alan Horkan apparently wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you mean we should remove Overwrite Mode then I agree.
>>>> (The keybinding for switching to Vi/Emacs modes was
>>>> disabled long long ago to similarly prevent users getting
>>>> accidentally trapped.)
>>>>
> [...]
>
>> On balance I think anyone who wanted to use the Vi or Emacs mode wouldn't
>> have a problem with editing a configuration file but the problem is those
>> who might want to use the feature are not aware of it. I wouldn't mind
>> making it easier for people to discover the Vi and Emacs keybindings mode
>> but it is important to avoid trapping beginners in a state they cannot
>> easily reverse.
>>
>
> Would some hotshot please explain, to those of us who use only
> AbiWord (and maybe something like pico/nano), and don't know vi from emacs
> from a Model T Ford, what Overwrite mode *is* and what it has to do with
> AbiWord? I've been trying all through this thread to figure out what it's
> about, and can't find straight up. Apparently "overwrite" in those editors
> meand something different than it would on paper or in any other word
> processor ....
>
>
Actually it's what it sounds like - instead of typing in the middle of
text inserting characters, it overwrites them. Press the Insert key on
your keyboard and try to type within text, and you'll quickly learn what
it is. It's been a fairly standard thing since long ago (DOS) but is
less popular now with mice and such - in fact, Thunderbird, in which I
am writing this email, has it disabled.

:)

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Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
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