Odd GtkTextView behavior

["Ian King [ES]" <king eiffel com>]

Hi,

I've noticed when using the GtkTextView widget that when it is being 
used in normal operation, for things such as a word processor or code 
editor, when the caret is placed at the end of  a word and text is 
entered on the keyboard, the control doesn't print the new text in the 
style of the previous character.  Is this expected behavior or a bug?  
This can be tested by using the TextView demo launched from gtk-demo.

Thanks for your time

Ian King