Paste while in Overwrite / Insert mode with Sublime Text

Question

When in Overwrite mode (enabled with Insert key), if the cursor is on the letter W:

Hello |World

then pasting 123 from clipboard (CTRL+V) gives:

Hello 123World

instead of Hello 123ld. How to have this behaviour instead?

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Note: Similarly, starting with Hello Wor|ld, doing BACKSPACE BACKSPACE gives Hello Wld whereas we could expect (since we're in Overwrite/Insert mode) Hello W ld.

Answer 1

It's actually a bug in sublime text, according to me.

In the Sublime Text issue tracker on GitHub, the collaborator suggested that "If it's only for pasting, you can do something about that by writing a plugin that handles pasting the clipboard and removing the appropriate number of characters. Then you just need to override the keybinding to map to your custom command.

The only thing you need to consider is newlines and multiple selections (to replicate ST functionality)."

You can see this issue at https://github.com/sublimehq/sublime_text/issues/346