intuitively, i would expect pasting in overwrite mode (⌥⌘O) to overwrite instead of insert. doing an insert in this mode is especially annoying since delete (⌦) cannot delete the text that was shoved right.
--- michael reece :: software engineer :: mreece@vinq.com
On 20/9/2006, at 0:59, Michael Reece wrote:
intuitively, i would expect pasting in overwrite mode (⌥⌘O) to overwrite instead of insert. doing an insert in this mode is especially annoying since delete (⌦) cannot delete the text that was shoved right.
It is by design, but I have since changed my mind ;)
In the past I have used paste as a quick way to push the text to the right of the caret (further to the right) -- i.e. instead of leaving overwrite mode, pressing space, and entering it again, I could select a space and copy/paste that.
The habit comes from an editor which (iirc) did not have a key to toggle overwrite mode. In TM there is really no advantage to using copy/paste over toggling overwrite mode.
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