Lisp_Object Qkill_forward_chars, Qkill_backward_chars, Vblink_paren_function;
-int overwrite_binary_mode;
+/* A possible value for a buffer's overwrite-mode variable. */
+Lisp_Object Qoverwrite_mode_binary;
+
\f
DEFUN ("forward-char", Fforward_char, Sforward_char, 0, 1, "p",
"Move point right ARG characters (left if ARG negative).\n\
Lisp_Object tem;
register enum syntaxcode synt;
register int c = c1;
+ Lisp_Object overwrite = current_buffer->overwrite_mode;
if (!NILP (Vbefore_change_function) || !NILP (Vafter_change_function))
hairy = 1;
- if (!NILP (current_buffer->overwrite_mode)
+ if (!NILP (overwrite)
&& point < ZV
- && (overwrite_binary_mode || (c != '\n' && FETCH_CHAR (point) != '\n'))
- && (overwrite_binary_mode
+ && (EQ (overwrite, Qoverwrite_mode_binary)
+ || (c != '\n' && FETCH_CHAR (point) != '\n'))
+ && (EQ (overwrite, Qoverwrite_mode_binary)
|| FETCH_CHAR (point) != '\t'
|| XINT (current_buffer->tab_width) <= 0
+ || XFASTINT (current_buffer->tab_width) > 20
|| !((current_column () + 1) % XFASTINT (current_buffer->tab_width))))
{
del_range (point, point + 1);
Qkill_forward_chars = intern ("kill-forward-chars");
staticpro (&Qkill_forward_chars);
- DEFVAR_BOOL ("overwrite-binary-mode", &overwrite_binary_mode,
- "*Non-nil means overwrite mode treats tab and newline normally.\n\
-Ordinarily, overwriting preserves a tab until its whole width is overwritten\n\
-and never replaces a newline.");
- overwrite_binary_mode = 1;
+ Qoverwrite_mode_binary = intern ("overwrite-mode-binary");
+ staticpro (&Qoverwrite_mode_binary);
DEFVAR_LISP ("blink-paren-function", &Vblink_paren_function,
"Function called, if non-nil, whenever a close parenthesis is inserted.\n\