Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!vsi1!wyse!mips!ardent!mac From: mac@rhea.ardent.com (Mike McNamara) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs Subject: Re: insert mode Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 90 03:31:13 GMT References: <7123@wpi.wpi.edu> Sender: news@ardent.UUCP Reply-To: mac@ardent.com (Michael McNamara) Distribution: usa Organization: Ardent Computer Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 20 In-reply-to: spudcrl@wpi.wpi.edu's message of 23 Jan 90 18:40:52 GMT > > Howdy. Does anyone out there know of a command that will toggle > (if that's the word for it) the insert mode in emacs. I.E. any > typed text will run over and automatically delete the exsiting text. > I am assuming, that if such a thing exists, the same command can > turn it on as well. If they're different commands, I'd be glad to > hear it. Thanks. > > --Curt M-x picture-mode gets you into an editing mode where you overwrite; although like everything in emacs, it is much more useful than just that... -- Michael McNamara (St)ardent, Inc. mac@ardent.com