Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!wjh12!n44a!ima!cca!editor-p From: editor-p@cca.UUCP Newsgroups: fa.editor-p Subject: Re: Insertion Modes (Flame) Message-ID: <4814@cca.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 05:29:26 EDT Article-I.D.: cca.4814 Posted: Sun Jun 5 05:29:26 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 01:41:28 EDT Lines: 22 >From BarryMargolin@MIT-MULTICS Sun Jun 5 05:29:19 1983 Date: 4 June 1983 05:44 EDT From: Jerry E. PournelleSubject: Insertion Modes (Flame) to tell what mode one is in, ch ange the cursor to suit: transparent blob for overwrite, blinking underbar for insert, whatever.. I don't believe I didn't think of that! Its perfectly intuitive that a blinking cursor means overwrite (or is that the underline cursor? [see what I mean]). Sorry for the sarcastic flame, but I do alot of user consulting at one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world, and half of the people who text edit on our system can barely deal with FINDING the cursor, much less deciding what mode they are in by the type of cursor. Also, your solution only works for micros and workstations which have complete control over the screen display. Many of us in the real computer world use computers that talk to ordinary ASCII terminals, most of which have only one cursor mode. barmar