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

Thinking about it, you may be right, that could be a way to implement overtype in userspace.

As for the silent failing: currently all events associated with an editor fail silently in contenteditable=typing: pasting, inserting a character, marking text as bold, etc. . Nothing works by default and no preventDefault() has to be issued on things one does not want to work.

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