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You can use <SPANCLASS="link">command abbreviation (<ACLASS="linkend"HREF="ch32_06.htm"TITLE="Command Completion ">32.6</A>)</SPAN>to shorten this to <CODECLASS="literal">ESC</CODE>&nbsp;<CODECLASS="literal">x</CODE>&nbsp;<CODECLASS="literal">ov</CODE>. On manykeyboards, pressing INSERT also turns on overwrite mode. If youget tired of overwrite mode, use the same command to turn it off.</P><PCLASS="para">If you <EMCLASS="emphasis">always</EM> want to use overwrite mode, create a file named<EMCLASS="emphasis">.emacs</EM> in your home directory, and put the following line in it:</P><PCLASS="para"><BLOCKQUOTECLASS="screen"><PRECLASS="screen">(setq-default overwrite-mode t)</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></P><PCLASS="para">This is a simple Emacs customization; for a lot more aboutcustomization, see O'Reilly &amp; Associates' <EMCLASS="emphasis">Learning GNU Emacs</EM>,by Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt.</P><DIVCLASS="sect1info"><PCLASS="SECT1INFO">- <SPANCLASS="authorinitials">ML</SPAN>, <SPANCLASS="authorinitials">DC</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><DIVCLASS="htmlnav"><P></P><HRALIGN="LEFT"WIDTH="515"TITLE="footer"><TABLEWIDTH="515"BORDER="0"CELLSPACING="0"CELLPADDING="0"><TR><TDALIGN="LEFT"VALIGN="TOP"WIDTH="172"><ACLASS="SECT1"HREF="ch32_04.htm"TITLE="32.4 Backup and Auto-Save Files "><IMGSRC="gifs/txtpreva.gif"SRC="gifs/txtpreva.gif"ALT="Previous: 32.4 Backup and Auto-Save Files "BORDER="0"></A></TD><TDALIGN="CENTER"VALIGN="TOP"WIDTH="171"><ACLASS="book"HREF="index.htm"TITLE="UNIX Power Tools"><IMGSRC="gifs/txthome.gif"SRC="gifs/txthome.gif"ALT="UNIX Power Tools"BORDER="0"></A></TD><TDALIGN="RIGHT"VALIGN="TOP"WIDTH="172"><ACLASS="SECT1"HREF="ch32_06.htm"TITLE="32.6 Command Completion "><IMGSRC="gifs/txtnexta.gif"SRC="gifs/txtnexta.gif"ALT="Next: 32.6 Command Completion "BORDER="0"></A></TD></TR><TR><TDALIGN="LEFT"VALIGN="TOP"WIDTH="172">32.4 Backup and Auto-Save Files </TD><TDALIGN="CENTER"VALIGN="TOP"WIDTH="171"><ACLASS="index"HREF="index/idx_0.htm"TITLE="Book Index"><IMGSRC="gifs/index.gif"SRC="gifs/index.gif"ALT="Book Index"BORDER="0"></A></TD><TDALIGN="RIGHT"VALIGN="TOP"WIDTH="172">32.6 Command Completion </TD></TR></TABLE><HRALIGN="LEFT"WIDTH="515"TITLE="footer"><IMGSRC="gifs/smnavbar.gif"SRC="gifs/smnavbar.gif"USEMAP="#map"BORDER="0"ALT="The UNIX CD Bookshelf Navigation"><MAPNAME="map"><AREASHAPE="RECT"COORDS="0,0,73,21"HREF="../index.htm"ALT="The UNIX CD Bookshelf"><AREASHAPE="RECT"COORDS="74,0,163,21"HREF="index.htm"ALT="UNIX Power Tools"><AREASHAPE="RECT"COORDS="164,0,257,21"HREF="../unixnut/index.htm"ALT="UNIX in a Nutshell"><AREASHAPE="RECT"COORDS="258,0,321,21"HREF="../vi/index.htm"ALT="Learning the vi Editor"><AREASHAPE="RECT"COORDS="322,0,378,21"HREF="../sedawk/index.htm"ALT="sed &amp; awk"><AREASHAPE="RECT"COORDS="379,0,438,21"HREF="../ksh/index.htm"ALT="Learning the Korn Shell"><AREASHAPE="RECT"COORDS="439,0,514,21"HREF="../lrnunix/index.htm"ALT="Learning the UNIX Operating System"></MAP></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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