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bug#15343: 24.3.50; Document window point better in Emacs manual
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#15343: 24.3.50; Document window point better in Emacs manual |
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Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:29:37 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The concept of point is fundamental to Emacs, and it is introduced in
> (emacs) `Point'. However, users sometimes get confused because multiple
> windows for the same buffer have different notions of point: the window
> point. This concept is hardly presented in the Emacs manual, AFAICT.
> The most that is said is this, which is easily missed in (emacs)
> `Point':
>
> Furthermore, if a buffer is displayed in multiple windows, each of
> those windows has its own value of point.
>
> Great, but what are the consequences of that? In particular, what are
> some gotchas that might confuse users?
Uhm... I think that it's pretty clear. Closing.
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