Re: How to enable overwrite mode?

On 11/10/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> How can I enable in XEmacs an overwrite option for marked regions, e.g.
> if I mark a word and just type in the new, it shall automatically
> overwrite the old word. Also I want to enable to delete a marked region
> by pressing the backspace or delete button on my keyboard.

You want pending-del mode (and if you want this sort of behavior,
you'll probably eventually want pc-select mode as well).  You need
this at the very minimum:

  (require 'pending-del)
  (pending-delete-on)

-- Gary F.