On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 08:20:55PM +0100, Guillaume Munch wrote:
> Le 07/03/2016 04:30, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> > On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 09:47:05PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > > Le 06/03/16 17:52, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> > > > > I do not see why overwriting is a problem. We do it everywhere, there 
> > > > > is
> > > > > nothing special about tables.
> > > > 
> > > > Where else do we overwite when we do not paste into a selection?
> > > > To be clear, this is a screencast:
> > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/3pogl5dbc11tx4l/screencast-LQ-4844.ogv?dl=0
> > > 
> > > I see what you mean.
> > > 
> > > > And this is my desired behavior:
> > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4obp8ozb8uvrhah/screencast-LQ-4844_2.ogv?dl=0
> > > 
> > > Note that spreadsheets may contain invisible data (the formulas), so that
> > > overwriting is more insidious in this case.
> > 
> > Good point.
> > 
> > The program most similar to LyX, Libre Office, does overwrite. And there
> > doesn't seem to be support for changing this behavior so I will not
> > insist more.
> 
> + Add new cells if there is no cell selection
> + Overwrite if there is a selection of cells
> + No dialog asking for confirmation
> 
> > 
> > > > Indeed, this is nice. But sometimes I'm not sure if people understand
> > > > the mistake they made until it is too late (e.g. they saved).
> > > 
> > > Saving does not kill undo, but I see your point.
> > 
> > Ah true. Save as does though.
> > 
> 
> Bug...

I assumed it was intended. Note however that one recent user reported
similar confusion:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=A17317DA-D3B1-4DAE-AEE9-3D2E360510E3%40mac.com

Scott

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