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.