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Article #979Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode
From: Assar Westerlund
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:59
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:59
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In article <1jpr8eINNg1o@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
The answer to this whole issue seems to be that there's no one right
answer. Perhaps an option variable would be appropriate.
Right. But my opinion is that quoted-insert should overwrite in
overwrite-mode. An option variable should be fine by me.
...
This makes me wonder why anyone would use quoted-insert in overwrite mode
in the first place.
As it was I who started this thread I can answer that one. I was
editing a binary file and wanted to write a 0 in a string.
Assar d90-awe@nada.kth.se
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!rock!stanford.edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!kai.nada.kth.se!d90-awe From: d90-awe@kai.nada.kth.se (Assar Westerlund) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: quoted-insert inserts in overwrite-mode Date: 26 Jan 1993 21:59:30 -0500 Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <D90-AWE.93Jan26130352@kai.nada.kth.se> References: d90-awe@kai.nada.kth.se (Assar Westerlund)