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Re: PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:55:53 -0800
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On 11/30/2014 11:24 AM, Bart Schaefer wrote:

Like most open-source projects dating from the late 80s, zsh relied on
users to test and report bugs.  There has never been enough volunteer
manpower for a dedicated all-code-paths testing regimen, so a bug that
a real user never encounters will only rarely be fixed.

That is demonstrably the case. But as a guy who's done some testing ina projectI can't help but notice that trying overstrike mode would be one of thefirst

things I'd have done. It's another cultural adjustment for me.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines
  - From: Jan Larres

References:
- PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines
  - From: Oliver Kiddle
- Re: PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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