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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-05-05 06:10:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-05-05 06:10:55 +0000 |
| commit | f932771a9687ebebaff89dc5f0cb891eaa09dd9c (patch) | |
| tree | 02e8e390ce4bb3bf7273122aad6600123f471dbe /man/custom.texi | |
| parent | 5efe6a5673aeff53203ac65b7131b47f5859345b (diff) | |
| download | emacs-f932771a9687ebebaff89dc5f0cb891eaa09dd9c.tar.gz | |
Document that overwrite-mode is bound to INSERT and add @kindex for INSERT.
Reported by Bill Richter <richter@math.northwestern.edu>.
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi index 286d5e9d5cf..8fa5d4e4831 100644 --- a/man/custom.texi +++ b/man/custom.texi @@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ combine it with any major mode. @xref{Outline Mode}. @cindex Overwrite mode @cindex mode, Overwrite -@findex overwrite-mode -@findex binary-overwrite-mode Overwrite mode causes ordinary printing characters to replace existing text instead of shoving it to the right. For example, if point is in front of the @samp{B} in @samp{FOOBAR}, then in Overwrite mode typing a @@ -112,6 +110,14 @@ as usual. In Overwrite mode, the command @kbd{C-q} inserts the next character whatever it may be, even if it is a digit---this gives you a way to insert a character instead of replacing an existing character. +@findex overwrite-mode +@kindex INSERT + The command @code{overwrite-mode} is an exception to the rule that +commands which toggle minor modes are normally not bound to keys: it is +bound to the @key{INSERT} function key. This is because many other +programs bind @key{INSERT} to similar functions. + +@findex binary-overwrite-mode Binary Overwrite mode is a variant of Overwrite mode for editing binary files; it treats newlines and tabs like other characters, so that they overwrite other characters and can be overwritten by them. |