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Article #960Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode
From: Martin Boyer
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:57
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:57
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>>>>> Bill Wohler writes: >i think the design came about because quoted-insert can insert >1, 2 or more characters. Not! quoted-insert can insert only one character, although characters can be displayed in various ways. For example, patches allow characters with the 8th bit set to be displayed as is, provided the screen allows it (e.g. uses an ISO 8859 font). In general the 'ctl-arrow' variable controls this. I really don't think the input mode should mess with the way characters are displayed, and vice-versa. Those are two orthogonal concepts which should stay independent. In my opinion, then, quoted-insert should NOT overwrite more than one character in overwrite-mode, regardless of the value of 'ctl-arrow'. -- Martin Boyer mboyer@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec mboyer@ireq-robot.uucp Varennes, QC, Canada J3X 1S1 +1 514 652-8412
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca!gamin From: gamin@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca (Martin Boyer) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode Date: 25 Jan 1993 19:57:44 -0500 Organization: Le laboratoire de robotique de l'Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec Lines: 23 Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <GAMIN.93Jan22232846@amadeus.ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca> References: gamin@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca (Martin Boyer)