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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 38051@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38051: 26.3; (elisp) `Insertion' use of verb "point"
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 15:55:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmEZogrTnQVP6Hi_ZPi+XpZ=agMuaAmOpv5XodY5Va1VQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8336eyazx2.fsf@gnu.org>

tags 38051 + wontfix
close 38051
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> > It's a question of what the user needs as a
> > conceptual model to work with markers (and
> > overlays, for that matter).
>
> Wrong conceptual models will bite you down the road.  It is best to
> have correct conceptual models.

I think this is the key here, not least because we are discussing the
Emacs Lisp manual.

I think we can indeed agree to disagree, while the decision seems to
be to not make any changes along the suggested lines.  I'm therefore
closing this bug report.  Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas





  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-09 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <<10c2ca80-b3d5-4efb-a2b1-5ded0cc8a14d@default>
     [not found] ` <<83sgn3h7yj.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-11-04 18:10   ` bug#38051: 26.3; (elisp) `Insertion' use of verb "point" Drew Adams
2019-11-04 18:36     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <<874kzfyzk5.fsf@marxist.se>
     [not found]   ` <<3b0f7464-a74f-4687-b91b-b654697cc1cc@default>
     [not found]     ` <<83a796b2tx.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-11-08 19:56       ` Drew Adams
2019-11-08 20:14         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 14:55           ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2019-11-03 21:26 Drew Adams
2019-11-04 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08  0:36 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 17:53   ` Drew Adams
2019-11-08 19:11     ` Eli Zaretskii

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