Re:Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor?
by themodelplumber on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:40PM
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That's odd, I just tried Notepad.exe in Wine and couldn't get Insert/Overwrite mode to work at all. Notepad++ has that mode, and it worked, but I can't find a way to use free cursor placement with it. LMK if you know fixes/workarounds for these.
You reminded me, I think pedit or one of the old DOS editors I used earlier this year had that now that you mention it. But better desktop integration would be needed in this case anyway...
Re:Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor?
by johng on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:42PM
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I haven't needed it in so long but I remember doing ANSI and ASCII artwork in many of the editors and believe they had it too :) Ahhh, memories. ACiDDraw for example.....
You reminded me, I think pedit or one of the old DOS editors I used earlier this year had that now that you mention it. But better desktop integration would be needed in this case anyway...