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Re: Workaround (Binswanger)

At 01:24 PM 12/7/96 -0500, Annie wrote:
>
> Makes a potentially destructive assumption about the
insert/overstrike
>state. Using a carriage return char (ascii 13) instead of a space is
>SI/CI-neutral, avoids overwriting a char if the state is overstrike.

Good point.  is a better choice.

Which raises a new issue I'd like to hear user's views on:
 under what circumstances is overwrite valuable? I, and most others
apparently, NEVER use it. Are we missing out on something?

Regards,

Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx