From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#38051: 26.3; (elisp) `Insertion' use of verb "point" Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 20:36:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83r22nh4kd.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<10c2ca80-b3d5-4efb-a2b1-5ded0cc8a14d@default>> <<83sgn3h7yj.fsf@gnu.org>> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="82128"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 38051@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 04 19:39:59 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhGg-000LDG-Oy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:39:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36354 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhGf-0001YT-EX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:39:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45309) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhDr-0000C1-Kb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:37:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhDq-00073B-N2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:37:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56930) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhDq-000737-KB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:37:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhDq-00050a-FW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:37:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 38051 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 38051-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B38051.157289257719182 (code B ref 38051); Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38051) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Nov 2019 18:36:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37518 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhD6-0004zH-O9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:36:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35824) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhD1-0004yz-Hh for 38051@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:36:13 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhCw-00062Z-65; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:36:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3504 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iRhCv-0006kt-Ed; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:36:05 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 4 Nov 2019 10:10:34 -0800 (PST)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:170955 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 10:10:34 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 38051@debbugs.gnu.org > > > FWIW, I see no reason to shy away from using the word "point" in its > > usual sense, just because we also have a special meaning for it. > > Do you see no reason because you don't see the > possible confusion? Or do you see that but don't > consider it's worth using different language to > prevent it? The former.