That is almost exactly what i suggested in the bug report.
>
> Apparently the latest versions of ms office have a non blocking warning
> message that will go away after a given time if you ignore it.
>
> Alan Horkan
> http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
>
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Peter Lundqvist wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:35:12 +0100 (CET)
> > From: Peter Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Omer Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: AbiWord Developers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Re[2]: INS
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Omer Zak wrote:
> > > Would it be possible to add an option to Preferences, which will allow the
> > > user to select between the standard behavior (INS/OVR or INS in green/OVR
> > > in red or whatever not intrusive) and an intrusive behavior (defined here
> > > as a behavior which requires an extra mouse click)?
> >
> > How about something like this?
> >
> > +----------------------------------+
> > | You pressed the insert key (!) |
> > | Doing so you will write your |
> > | over any text ahead of the |
> > | cursor |
> > | |
> > | Is this what you intended? |
> > | o Never show this dialog again |
> > | ._____. .____. |
> > | | Yes | | No | |
> > | `�����` `����` |
> > +----------------------------------+
> >
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> > George Bernard Shaw once sent two tickets to the opening night of one of
> > his plays to Winston Churchill with the following note:
> > "Bring a friend, if you have one."
> >
> > Churchill wrote back, returning the two tickets and excused himself as he
> > had a previous engagement. He also attached the following:
> > "Please send me two tickets for the next night, if there is one."
> >
> >
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