RE: overwrite yank

[Drew Adams]

> > Hi, I'm sure this is really simple, but I can't find the answer
> > anywhere.  How can I overwrite from the copy buffer?  I've tried
> > yanking in overwrite-mode but that doesn't work, it just inserts as
> > normal, whereas I want to overwrite.  Thanks.
>
>  Please try "delete-selection-mode" but from your description I'm not
>  quite sure that this is what you want.

No, it won't do what he's asking. I don't know of anything, offhand, that
will. Perhaps someone here will provide some code to do it, as a fun
exercise.

Joe: Out of curiosity, just why do you want to do that?