RE: [PATCH] Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation

[Drew Adams]

> I just wanted to mention that indicating `overwrite-mode' with that
> feature (maybe as hbar cursor) might be a worthwhile addition.

FWIW, that is what the `cursor-chg.el' code does.  You can choose
the cursor types used.

code: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/download/cursor-chg.el
description: http://www.emacswiki.org/ChangingCursorDynamically