Quote: in Smalltalk, a text key never issues a command, instead it replaces the current selection and selects the following gap

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Pressing a text key on the keyboard never … the gap following that character. … To replace a passage of text, first select … and then type the replacement. The first keystroke … To insert between characters, you first select the … and then type the insertion. … Essentially, you are replacing nothing with something. …   Google-1   Google-2

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