Re: PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>]

On 11/29/2014 04:04 PM, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> In overwrite mode, either emacs style or vi-replace, on reaching the end
> of the line new characters should be inserted rather than the newline be
> replaced.
>
Sorry for  ranting, just ignore this, but how is it possible that a 
mistake in something so basic could have survived until now?  How can 
the best, and the second most used, shell in 'nix have permitted such an 
oversight to have existed for (what?) four decades?  When folks run into 
those things, do they just shrug their shoulders?  We see so many things 
that are just-plain-bugs, how do they get past testing?  It seems that 
culturally one should view the shells as sorta like the New York subway 
system--it's huge and the trains mostly run on time, but don't bet your 
life on it, and if the system breaks down, just stay calm they'll fix it 
eventually.  Are things so complicated that they can no longer be 
maintained?  Sheesh, after the kernel, the most bullet proof thing on a 
computer should be the shell.  Dunno, but it's hard to understand.