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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 22 May 1994.
OVERWRITE MODE - EMACS - VT340

OVERWRITE MODE - EMACS - VT340

Haavard Fosseng (haa...@fys.uio.no) previously posted instructions about how
to switch to overwrite mode from emacs. Since the Vt340 has no meta key or
escape key, an alternative method must be used to switch to overwrite mode.
Haavard gave me directions for use with emacs on a vt340. They are:

  ,--------------------------------------------.
  |     __________________________________      |
  |    | From Emacs editor:               |     |
  |    |                                  |     |
  |    |  1. type 'ctrl-['                |     |
  |    |  2. type 'x'                     |     |
  |    |  3. type 'ov'                    |     |
  |    |  4. press <space> twice          |     |
  |    |  5. press <return>               |     |
  |    |                                  |     |
  |    `_________________________________' VT340|
  |                                             |
   `-------------------------------------------'
      (        __/               \__
      )       |_____________________|          
     (
      __________________________________________
     /                                          \
    /                          [                 \
   / ctrl                                         \
  /                  space                         \
 /__________________________________________________\
 `-------------------------------------------------'





-- 
Mike Hertz
mhe...@iastate.edu

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From: mhe...@iastate.edu (Mike Hertz)
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Subject: OVERWRITE MODE - EMACS - VT340
Date: 22 May 94 06:34:44 GMT
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