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[Alfe <address@hidden>]

Hi Vincent,

El.douwen wrote:

> in all the mac or pc applications o know, when i select a text, then
> type something, what i am typing replaces the selction

This behavior you describe is common on Windows (and maybe Macintosh as 
well).  Nowadays it becomes more and more common on applications running on 
Unix-based Systems (Linux, Solaris, etc.).  Unixes normally did not have this 
way of handling user input; I guess lots of typical Unix applications never 
will (Emacs e. g.).

> in texmacs it does not. Sometimes i am agaced because when i want to
> work fast, i type as i am used to do, and i notice then that the
> selction is still there, so i have to cancel it.

Right, a switch would be nice.  I don't know if there is any for this.  Emacs 
at least has it ;-)

Greetings,

Alfe