Empty fields forms mode not accessible

[Frederik Fouvry]

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In GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.5.7, X toolkit)
 of Wed Jun 28 2000 on penthesilea
configured using `configure  sparc-sun-solaris2.5.7 
--prefix=/home/sfb/b4/trale/emacs'

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

In forms-mode, empty fields cannot be changed (not by TAB, the mouse,
or with arrow keys), except by editing the data file, but that defeats
the purpose of having a forms-mode.  A default value for new records
and fields provides a solution, but since it's the case with all
tables, I think it should be fixed at the source.

Thanks,

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