Re: hs-hide-block-behavior

Juri Linkov <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:09:12 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.devel
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>> 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?

I consider the following definition of the cursor
from (info "(emacs) Glossary") to be authoritative:

Cursor
     The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the
     position (called point; q.v.) at which insertion and deletion takes
     place.  The cursor is on or under the character that follows point.
     Often people speak of "the cursor" when, strictly speaking, they
     mean "point".

So when the Customization UI provides a choice whose title is
"Hide the block after cursor", this looks fine from the user's
perspective.  OTOH, it also makes sense to name the symbol 'after-point'.