Re: Red cursor

On Thu, 25 May 2006, Hubert Figuiere wrote:

> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:15:50 -0400
> From: Hubert Figuiere <hfiguiere@teaser.fr>
> To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: Red cursor
>
>
> davidkcalderwood@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I must have inadvertently changed something because all of a sudden I've
> > got a red cursor. When I type a word and make a mistake -- I try and go
> > back and change a letter in the middle of the word -- the following
> > letter disappears. How do I get back to the black cursor and normal
> > settings?
>
> This is a feature we should REMOVE. Not matter what, we should remove it.

If you mean we should remove Overwrite Mode then I agree. (The keybinding
for switching to Vi/Emacs modes was disabled long long ago to similarly
prevent users getting accidentally trapped.)

We should definately not remove the red cursor without replacing it with
something else which makes it so easy to identify the problem of users
trapped in Overwrite Mode. The red cursor is the symptom not the problem.
This comes up so frequently no one should be in any doubt anymore that it
is a real problem for ordinary users, our archetypal Church Secretary.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, this problem affects many users and
they do not know how to get out of it without asking someone, the solution
is too difficult to find on their own.

For those few users who want to use Overwrite mode it would not be a big
deal to make them go through an extra step or two.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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Received on Thu May 25 15:36:35 2006