Re: Red cursor

Here is the relevant page in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the
website.
http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/FaqWhyIsMyTextOverwrittenAsIType

There is still the problem of users finding it, I knew what I was looking
for but it still took me long enough to see it was right ther in front of
me. If at all possible I encourage Normal users to help out with updating
the FAQ and posting relevant links to the list when questions are asked.

To increase the interconnectivy of these questions and hopefully make it
easier to find the answers using a search engine I want to back link to
the last time this Red Caret/Insertion Point question was asked:

http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-user/2005/Mar/0016.html

I've updated the FAQ to include mentions of the two relevant bug reports
to futher alleviate this problem:
change the caret/cursor(?) shape
http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7071
click INS/OVR in status bar to change between Insert/Overwrite mode
http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7042

Randy (if you are reading this) we might need to clarify exactly the
meanings of caret/cursor and do some cleanup but I've spent enough time on
this today so I'm not doing it now. (No need to explain it to me, I can
look it up. I used to be clear on the distinction but I've gotten
confused again).

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, John Seago wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:08:03 +0000
> > From: John Seago <johnseago@two-ravens.org.uk>
> > To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> > Subject: Re: Red cursor
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 23 Mar 2005 09:03, sum1_lists@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Press the "insert" key on your keyboard to toggle back to insert mode
> > > (the red caret denotes overwrite mode).
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Received on Wed Mar 23 18:31:15 2005