Re: How to switch to overtype mode?

From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 12:04:41 EST

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    Bo,

    I took the liberty of adding your comments from a previous post to this
    page on the AbiWord TWiki:

    http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/FaqWhyIsMyTextOverwrittenAsIType

    If you have any comments please let me know, or modify the page
    appropriately yourself, as it is a Wiki (TWiki).

    As you learn other things about AbiWord that might be of use to others
    please feel welcome to create a new TWiki page (or add it to an
    appropriate existing TWiki page).

    regards,
    Randy Kramer

    On Monday 27 January 2003 07:46 am, Bo Parker wrote:
    > F J Franklin said:
    > > On 26 Jan 2003, Mark Gilbert wrote:
    > > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 14:35, Bo Parker wrote:
    > > >> I have just used fink to install abiword on my computer (G4 933
    > > >> Mac G4 running OS X 10.2.3, using Apple's X11).
    > > >> Question: how do I switch it to overtype mode?
    > > >
    > > > Press the insert key.
    > >
    > > Sound advice, but I wonder if Bo suffers from the same lack of an
    > > insert key as I?
    >
    > Thanks for the feedback, folks.
    >
    > No, I don't have an Insert key either :(
    >
    > Anyone know how to emulate the Insert key on a PowerMac G4 with OS X
    > 10.2.3 and Apple X11?
    >
    > BTW, I use overtype mode to do ASCII guitar tablature. I start with
    > blank tablature and use the arrow keys to navigate around the
    > tablature form and I can very conveniently fill in the notes in
    > overtype mode. Works great, and if I could get it to work in abiword,
    > I could dump MS Word.
    >
    > Here's a short tablature example:
    >
    > C
    > 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3
    >
    > |-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-|-3-5-3---0-------|
    > |-----------------|-------4---1-----|
    > |-----------------|-------------2-0-|
    > |-----------------|-----------------|
    > |-----------------|-----------------|
    > |-----------------|-----------------|
    >
    > -Bo Parker
    > flatpicker@musician.org

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