Re: Left to Right & vise-versa

From: R H Cotterell <seec_at_mail.retina.ar>
Date: Sun Aug 27 2006 - 00:04:27 CEST

Re: Hubert Figuiere's message
    dated 25 Aug 2006 10:56 hours

>
>On Friday 25 August 2006 05:30, R H Cotterell wrote:
>> You are quite quite right! It was the INS key tha needed to be
>> activated. One feels like a bloody fool for not noting the small
>> little keyhole with OVR sitting there like a duck ready for
>> taking pot shots at.
>
>It is a FAQ, really.
>There is definitely a usability problem. My feeling balance between removing
>the overwrite mode (how many times I mistakenly switch it in Emacs by mistake
>on my desktop) and making it more obvious. I believe that for that solution,
>the best is a square caret that highlight the character to be replaced.
>
>"OVR"/"INS" is definitely not user friendly.
>
>Hub

If you will allow a suggestion, maybe you would like to consider
having a message window appearing with a text of, let's say, "you
are in XXX Mode, Cancel to continue or Change to enter XXX Mode."

R

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