Re: [editing] How do we switch the caret between overtype and insert mode? (#55)

> People use it for something, we probably cannot just discard it altogether.

I agree. Although I also agree that it could be annoying, it’s still used by some. Do I understand correctly that on Windows/Linux overtype is a system-wide feature that applies to any input? If so, dropping it is a no go, as developers expect system-wide features to work system-wide.

On typing container, that could be something like `setInputMode()`. For multiple reasons, I’d stick with DOM conventions and pass predefined numeric constants as mode identifiers (`INSERT_MODE` and `OVERTYPE_MODE` or something); but we’ve got no namespace to put those constants in. (You may argue that namespace for two constants is an overkill, and I’d probably agree.)

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