Paste does not overwrite but always inserts

[philiprbrenan]

I put aaaa into the paste buffer from line 1
I put the cursor in overwrite mode - you can see it is horizontal not vertical
I pasted.

I expected to get line 3 because I was in overwrite mode, but instead I got line 2, which I can easily get if the cursor is in insert mode.

Please consider having paste in overwrite mode overwrite rather than insert as this would give the user even more capability.

Thanks!

[elextr]

Paste overwrites the selection. That way the number of characters being overwritten is explicit. I feel it is rare that the paste is exactly the length of the text being replaced that this isn't worth it.