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.