# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 730544365 0
# Node ID e7b8107294b72e8ca19cbafb95f99c8abefd760d
# Parent  ba1e55a4ba76630d6014294250480ae17f81d0e0
(syms_of_cmds): New var `overwrite-binary-mode'.
(internal_self_insert): Handle that var.

diff -r ba1e55a4ba76 -r e7b8107294b7 src/cmds.c
--- a/src/cmds.c	Tue Feb 23 18:49:33 1993 +0000
+++ b/src/cmds.c	Wed Feb 24 08:59:25 1993 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 Lisp_Object Qkill_forward_chars, Qkill_backward_chars, Vblink_paren_function;
 
+int overwrite_binary_mode;
 
 DEFUN ("forward-char", Fforward_char, Sforward_char, 0, 1, "p",
   "Move point right ARG characters (left if ARG negative).\n\
@@ -277,8 +278,9 @@
 
   if (!NILP (current_buffer->overwrite_mode)
       && point < ZV
-      && c != '\n' && FETCH_CHAR (point) != '\n'
-      && (FETCH_CHAR (point) != '\t'
+      && (overwrite_binary_mode || (c != '\n' && FETCH_CHAR (point) != '\n'))
+      && (overwrite_binary_mode
+	  || FETCH_CHAR (point) != '\t'
 	  || XINT (current_buffer->tab_width) <= 0
 	  || !((current_column () + 1) % XFASTINT (current_buffer->tab_width))))
     {
@@ -332,6 +334,12 @@
   Qkill_forward_chars = intern ("kill-forward-chars");
   staticpro (&Qkill_forward_chars);
 
+  DEFVAR_BOOL ("overwrite-binary-mode", &overwrite_binary_mode,
+    "*Non-nil means overwrite mode treats tab and newline normally.\n\
+Ordinarily, overwriting preserves a tab until its whole width is overwritten\n\
+and never replaces a newline.");
+  overwrite_tabs_mode = 1;
+
   DEFVAR_LISP ("blink-paren-function", &Vblink_paren_function,
     "Function called, if non-nil, whenever a close parenthesis is inserted.\n\
 More precisely, a char with closeparen syntax is self-inserted.");