[Geany-Users] Editing question

[o1bigtenor]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 7:22 AM Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 22:11, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > Stumbled upon geany when looking for a plain text editor that had very
> > strong AND intuitive search and replace functions and capabilities.
> > Trusty vi  just wasn't allowing my brain to wrap around any kind of
> > technique and since finding geany - - - - well I've been using it for
> > a number of years and don't see that changing - - - - - so many thanks
> > for a wonderful product that I likely use only a tiny fraction of its
> > tools or capabilities.
> >
> > Ran into something and am not sure how to get around or fix.
> >
> > Opened a previous document - - text - - created in Geany.
> > Wanted to edit a few words by deleting them (using backspace key) and
> > then desiring to type in the new word. What resulted was that the word
> > was deleted but the insertion started overlapping the remaining
> > previous text.
>
> Check you have not accidentally gone into overtype mode (insert key on
> most keyboards) which shows as the cursor changing from a vertical bar
> to a fat underline and teh status bar INS becomes OVR.  If so press
> insert again.
>

That must be what happened.
My previous keyboard died and this one is close but not exactly the same
so I'm likely fat fingered more than usual!

Thank you for your assistance!

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