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Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation
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Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth |
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Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Jul 2018 09:27:57 +0700 |
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Right. I've seen the explanation. It's like hell|o where | is the position of
point, and cursor appears over the "o".
When do we use point over cursor, and vice versa, in documentation?
Drew Adams wrote:
>> I've noticed usage of "the cursor" and "point" throughout manuals and
>> doc-strings. In what context is one preferred over the other?
>
> Point is the buffer position of the cursor (aka text cursor).
>
> In the Emacs manual (`C-h r'), `i point' and `i cursor'
> both take you to node `Point', which explains this.
>
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Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth
- "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth, 2018/07/03
- RE: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Drew Adams, 2018/07/03
- Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2018/07/03
- Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, John Yates, 2018/07/03
- Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Richard Stallman, 2018/07/03
- Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, John Yates, 2018/07/04
- Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/04
- RE: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Drew Adams, 2018/07/04
- Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Richard Stallman, 2018/07/04
- Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, John ff, 2018/07/04
Re: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation,
Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth <=
RE: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation, Drew Adams, 2018/07/04