On 6/28/07, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
But _why_ wouldn't it be "smart"? The command _is_ executed, it has
the normal effect (which may become relevant if the buffer-read-only
state changes), and it does _absolutely_ no harm to the buffer
contents or anything else.
Neither does any harm to PgUp at the beginning of a buffer. What is
the message for? To alert me that I cannot go up? Well, my overwrite
message is to alert me that I cannot overwrite even if I just changed
to overwrite, and that I shouldn't expect most normal keys to act
differently just because I changed to overwrite.