Re: How to debug this problem?

[Leo]

On 2009-09-09 04:08 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> overwrite-mode is a variable defined in `C source code'.
>>>> Its value is
>>>> overwrite-mode-textual
>>>> Local in buffer *scratch*; global value is nil
>>> 
>>> And what is the value of the overwrite-mode-textual variable?
>
>> It is " Ovwrt".
>
> Then I don't understand why it's not working.

A wild guess might be it is a bug in the ns port.

> What is returned by
> 
>    M-: (format-mode-line minor-mode-alist) RET

With overwrite-mode enabled, that returns:

" Paredit" in the scratch buffer.

> -- Stefan

Leo