Re: [gtk-list] Typing over selection...

[Keith Wright <kwright tiac net>]

> From: Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com>
> 
> In an entry widget, ...  In most existing GUIs, if text is selected, 
> the next character typed replaces the selected text.
> This turns out to be very useful behaviour.

Maybe, but there is room for improvement.  It is screech-out-load annoying
when a single keystroke wipes out a large section of text that you just
finished typing and were about to commit but saw one last error.

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     --Keith

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