Re: hs-hide-block-behavior

Richard Stallman [11/Aug 12:41am -04] wrote:
>   > Is 'point' valid semantically then?
>
> Yes, and it is explained in the manual.
>
> The concept of "point" is fundamental in Emacs.  Some of the most
> basic commands in Emacs refer to point, in their names and their
> descriptions.  I think we can expect users to learn the Emacs concept
> of "point" long before they are ready to try using hideshow.el.

I know it's semantically valid in general and I agree that we can expect
users to learn it.  The question was whether it's semantically valid for
this particular feature.  I think the answer to that question is "yes",
too.

> So I suggest defining `after-point' or some other synonym.
>
> But that doesn't require eliminating `after-cursor'.
> If users specify that, let's keep doing what they are asking for.

This is a new feature, so we don't need backwards compat.

-- 
Sean Whitton