Mercurial > emacs
changeset 37571:9628e53b601d
Document that overwrite-mode is bound to INSERT and add @kindex for INSERT.
Reported by Bill Richter <richter@math.northwestern.edu>.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 05 May 2001 06:10:55 +0000 |
| parents | ff7ff259f3d2 |
| children | 956f7346b171 |
| files | man/custom.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/custom.texi Fri May 04 20:16:56 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Sat May 05 06:10:55 2001 +0000 @@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ @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 @@ 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.