Re: hs-hide-block-behavior

Juri Linkov [09/Aug  8:25pm +03] wrote:
>>>> > 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.

Hmm, I'm not sure that's a valid reason because then maybe we should
never use 'point'.

Is 'point' valid semantically then?

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Sean Whitton