Re: Re[2]: INS

From: Martin Sevior (msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 14:27:52 EST

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    On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Hubert Figuiere wrote:

    >
    > On lundi, jan 20, 2003, at 11:35 Europe/Paris, Peter Lundqvist wrote:
    >
    > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Omer Zak wrote:
    > >> Would it be possible to add an option to Preferences, which will
    > >> allow the
    > >> user to select between the standard behavior (INS/OVR or INS in
    > >> green/OVR
    > >> in red or whatever not intrusive) and an intrusive behavior (defined
    > >> here
    > >> as a behavior which requires an extra mouse click)?
    > >
    > > How about something like this?
    > >
    > > +----------------------------------+
    > > | You pressed the insert key (!) |
    > > | Doing so you will write your |
    > > | over any text ahead of the |
    > > | cursor |
    > > | |
    > > | Is this what you intended? |
    > > | o Never show this dialog again |
    > > | ._____. .____. |
    > > | | Yes | | No | |
    > > | `ŻŻŻŻŻ` `ŻŻŻŻ` |
    > > +----------------------------------+
    >
    > The hell, NO !!!!
    >
    > Tomas suggestion is probably the best. I'd vote for it.
    > Changing the caret to a square is no big deal... and really visible.
    >

    I'd be happy with either a red caret or a big square. My preference would
    be for a square caret.

    Cheers

    Martin

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