Re: How to know if "INSERT" is on/off from key-press-event

[Olexiy Avramchenko <olexiy ctech cn ua>]

Gaurav Jain wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to do special handling for "key-press-event" in a GtkTextView
> when some letter is entered while the "INSERT" mode is turned ON.  Is
> there a way to know whether INSERT mode is ON or OFF at the time of
> receiving a key-press for some other key (I cannot listen to key-press
> event of INSERT key itself because my TextView may get created *after*
> INSERT has already been pressed).
Hello,
Look at GtkTextView::overwrite_mode field, non-zero means that "insert" 
mode is on. There's also "toggle-overwrite" signal for this object which 
is activated by binding on <Insert> key.

        Olexiy