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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:11:20 +0000 (GMT)
From: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Peter Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: INS
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That is almost exactly what i suggested in the previously mentioned 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/O=
VR
> > in red or whatever not intrusive) and an intrusive behavior (defined he=
re
> > 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 |              |
>  |  `=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF`     `=AF=AF=AF=AF`              |
>  +----------------------------------+
>
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