Subject: Re: insert/overwrite mode
From: James Montgomerie (jamie@montgomerie.net)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2001 - 15:50:06 CST
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Rohr" <paul@abisource.com>
Subject: Re: insert/overwrite mode
>
> At 03:46 PM 3/3/01 -0000, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
> >
> >The other thing that we might
> >also consider is changing the appearance of the carret in the
> >overwrtie mode (screeming red?).
>
> Hmm. That's an interesting idea. Can anyone think of other GUI
precedents
> for this? Off the cuff, the only place I can remember seeing that style
of
> GUI feedback is in the DOS command shell (shudder).
>
Following that thought, perhaps the overwrite caret should be a line under
or box around the character that would be replaced upon typing.
Jamie.
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