Re: Red cursor with text deletion below ...

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Ryan Pavlik wrote:

> Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 23:19:41 -0500
> From: Ryan Pavlik <abiryan@ryand.net>
> To: Adam Bogacki <afb@paradise.net.nz>
> Cc: abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: Red cursor with text deletion below ...
>
>
> Adam Bogacki wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, I'm using AbiWord 2.0.7 on Debian unstable and - while an admirer
> > of many features - I repeatedly get into a situation where the black
> > cursor turns red and text entry at that location is accompanied by
> > deletion of characters below it.
> >
> > I'm aware that I must be missing something here.
> >
> > I'd like to get this fixed urgently because AbiWord is becoming my
> > preferred
> > browser in matters such as job and grant applications.
> >
> > Adam Bogacki,
> > afb@paradise.net.nz
> >
> This is quickly becoming a FAQ :)

This has always been an FAQ. :)

I think almost every user encounters this at least once (well maybe not
old school Unix types who have already learnt what the Insert key is for
so long ago that they dont even remember learning it).
It is particularly difficult to figure out on your own what happened and I
think it is just something you have to learn.

I'm pretty sure I pissed off the developers no end until they eventually
implemented the cursor change to make this more obvious but I am very glad
they made the change (I also suggested disabing the feature entirely but
user assured us that some of them used it).

> You turned on Overwrite mode by pressing the insert key on your
> keyboard. Press it again to turn it off.
>
> Thanks for using AbiWord!

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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Received on Sat Jul 3 17:31:58 2004