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"Insert, now gone"? I press the INS key, I overwrite text, it's very useful. Though thinking about it I suppose that really turns insert mode off. "Key beep" s
by card_zero 23d ago
"Insert, now gone"? I press the INS key, I overwrite text, it's very useful. Though thinking about it I suppose that really turns insert mode off.
"Key beep" sounds horrific. :D
- jstanley 23d agoThe Insert key toggles insert mode.
- em3rgent0rdr 23d agoMind blown: we have always by default been in insert mode.
- bojan 23d agoCommodore 64 was by default in overwrite mode. When I switched to PC being in insert mode took some getting used to.
- valleyer 23d agoNot in vi. :)
- layer8 23d agoOriginally, in the days of text-mode forms, overwrite was the default, because that made more sense for fixed-length input fields.
- wging 23d agoThe article is talking about symbols that were lost. The sentence should be interpreted as "these [symbols], for Insert (now gone) and Delete (still with us)". The photo is of a symbol for 'insert', an 'a' with a caret above it.
- myself248 23d ago> "Key beep" sounds horrific. :D And yet, every computer in a TV show seems to have it enabled!
- jasomill 23d agoIf it's anything like the key sounds on old DEC systems, it's more akin to the key click sound on an iPhone than a beep.
- hakfoo 22d agoIt probably makes sense with a silent linear keyswitch for users who are used to the obvious acoustic feedback of a typewriter. Since cheap modern MCUs have programmable ADCs, you can wiggle an output pin and experiment with different sounds. I've tried something a bit more "tinkle" like than a flat "beep" and it has its charms, but it could go a whole new place like different tones for special keys (simulating the clunk of a shift or space bar) or even keys that you could subtly differentiate by sound to tell if you're off alignment.