spudcrl@wpi.wpi.edu (A man and his sword) (01/24/90)
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 ******************************************************************************* * spudcrl@wpi.wpi.edu * on IRC * This space * * Curt R Lindmark * Defender * intentionally * * Born to be strange * A man and his sword * left blank * ******************************************************************************* * Worcester Pyschiatric .... er, Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA * * Engineered like no other students in the world * *******************************************************************************
mac@rhea.ardent.com (Mike McNamara) (01/24/90)
> > 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
nhess@dvlseq.oracle.com (Nate Hess) (01/25/90)
M-x overwrite-mode toggles between overwrite and insert modes. --woodstock -- "What I like is when you're looking and thinking and looking and thinking...and suddenly you wake up." - Hobbes nhess@dvlseq.oracle.com or ...!uunet!oracle!nhess or (415) 598-3046