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Article #966Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode
From: Michal Jankowski
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:36
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:36
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>>>>> On 19 Jan 1993 21:57:09 -0500, shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni) said: Shankar> Well, strictly speaking, RMS is right: the documentation for Shankar> "quoted-insert" says: Shankar> quoted-insert: Shankar> Read next input character and insert it. Shankar> Useful for inserting control characters. Shankar> You may also type up to 3 octal digits, to insert a character with that code Shankar> That's "insert it", not "do whatever is appropriate with it according Shankar> to the minor-mode". Well, the documentation for self-insert-command is similar: self-insert-command: Insert this character. Prefix arg is repeat-count. Yet self-insert-command does not insert in overwrite-mode. Of course, RMS is right: this is a feature, because it was designed this way. Let's call it a misfeature. 8-) Michal
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!fuw.EDU.PL!michalj From: michalj@fuw.EDU.PL (Michal Jankowski) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode Date: 25 Jan 1993 20:36:17 -0500 Organization: Warsaw University Physics Dept. Lines: 28 Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <MICHALJ.93Jan24152435@ccfs1.fuw.edu.pl> References: michalj@fuw.EDU.PL (Michal Jankowski)