Re: user has no business toggling overwrite-mode in read-only buffers

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> In a new crackdown on excessive freedoms, prime minister Moi
> recommends toggling overwrite-mode be outlawed in read-only buffers.
>
> In an interview, he was quoted as saying "It just doesn't make sense.


It makes complete sense.  overwrite-mode is used to toggle overwrite mode,
meaning that it is also used to turn it off if it is already on.  I assume
it is possible to configure Emacs so that overwrite mode is on by default
(at least for particular modes), and so disabling the overwrite-mode function
would actually prevent the user from being able to turn it off.

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