Re: hs-hide-block-behavior

Juri Linkov <[email protected]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:25:14 +0300
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>>> > Shouldn't the 'after-cursor' value be 'after-point'?
>>>
>>> If the convention is to use the term 'point' instead of 'cursor', then
>>> yes, i don't know in which cases 'cursor' and 'point' should be used, I
>>> named that value that way because using 'point' seemed odd to me.
>>>
>>
>> "After cursor" and "after point" would actually be different positions.
>>
>> From the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual: "Like other positions, point
>> designates a place between two characters (or before the first character,
>> or after the last character), rather than a particular character. Many
>> terminals display the cursor over the character that immediately follows
>> point; on such terminals, point is actually before the character on which
>> the cursor sits."
>
> It may not actually be two separate positions in the case of this
> particular feature.
>
> Juri, can you clarify?

IIRC, we chose the word "cursor" as being easier to understand
for users who don't know what point is.