From: Christoph <cschol2112@googlemail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:38:55 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C96126F.1060109@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53C6E29ED9A04D7E8DF9DACF94F0FD1E@us.oracle.com>
On 9/19/2010 6:40 AM, Drew Adams wrote:
>> Likely. Emacs has the cursor _between_ characters. vi has the cursor
>> _on_ characters. So vi has commands for inserting before and after a
>> character, before and after a line and so on. Emacs has only one kind
>> of insertion, _at_ point.
>
> Yes. Maybe this helps too:
>
> The cursor is a graphic indication of the text insertion position, aka point.
> The position is unambiguous, no matter how the cursor might indicate that
> position.
>
> Typically, when the cursor shape is not narrow enough to show between two chars
> it is displayed more or less on top of the char that follows the insertion
> point.
>
> A bar cursor is narrow enough to show between two chars. A box cursor is wide
> enough that it is shown in Emacs on top of the char after point.
I should have known better...thanks for the explanation.
Christoph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-19 13:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 133+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-18 1:49 C-d deleting region considered harmful Miles Bader
2010-09-18 3:06 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 14:53 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 8:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-18 15:00 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 19:22 ` Chong Yidong
2010-09-20 16:11 ` Chong Yidong
2010-09-18 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 9:45 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-18 10:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 10:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 12:02 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 15:26 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 16:14 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 16:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 16:25 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 19:41 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 19:45 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 14:17 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 14:23 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 14:46 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 21:02 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 21:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 23:26 ` Christoph
2010-09-20 6:52 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 21:39 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 23:39 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-09-19 23:46 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 15:15 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 14:21 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 15:05 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 16:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-18 18:44 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 18:53 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 19:11 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-20 0:16 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-20 0:22 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-09-20 3:10 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-20 11:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-09-20 7:56 ` Bastien
2010-09-20 10:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-20 11:21 ` Bastien
2010-09-20 11:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-20 12:07 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 12:35 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-09-20 12:37 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-20 12:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-22 0:56 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-22 5:11 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-23 0:58 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-20 1:24 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-21 0:56 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-21 1:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-09-21 7:51 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-21 8:19 ` PJ Weisberg
2010-09-21 1:30 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-21 1:47 ` Leo
2010-09-21 2:42 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 16:47 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 18:44 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 18:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-18 19:13 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 19:16 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-18 19:39 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-19 6:31 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 11:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-19 11:23 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-18 20:42 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 20:22 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 14:29 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 15:07 ` Bastien
2010-09-18 15:52 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 18:40 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 18:47 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-18 19:09 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 21:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 14:00 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 14:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-19 18:00 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-19 18:21 ` Wojciech Meyer
2010-09-19 18:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-19 20:06 ` Should C-x C-x activate the region? [was: C-d deleting region considered harmful] Drew Adams
2010-09-19 20:37 ` David Reitter
2010-09-21 0:55 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-20 1:21 ` C-d deleting region considered harmful Miles Bader
2010-09-20 6:59 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 13:43 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-20 16:02 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-20 7:12 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-20 7:20 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 16:34 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-20 22:09 ` C-x C-x (was: C-d deleting region considered harmful) Stefan Monnier
2010-09-20 22:46 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-21 0:17 ` C-x C-x Chong Yidong
2010-09-21 20:52 ` Johan Bockgård
2010-09-21 0:28 ` C-x C-x (was: C-d deleting region considered harmful) Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 1:06 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 7:49 ` C-x C-x David Kastrup
2010-09-21 9:22 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 9:40 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-24 23:59 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 7:25 ` C-x C-x (was: C-d deleting region considered harmful) Thierry Volpiatto
2010-09-21 1:03 ` C-d deleting region considered harmful Miles Bader
2010-09-21 19:12 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-19 18:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 19:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2010-09-19 21:27 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 14:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 21:11 ` Christoph
2010-09-21 6:29 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-09-21 8:04 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-21 8:23 ` Leo
2010-09-21 8:52 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-09-21 9:20 ` Leo
2010-09-21 9:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-09-18 20:23 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 6:28 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 12:40 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-19 13:38 ` Christoph [this message]
2010-09-19 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 19:18 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 19:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-22 9:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 13:55 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 14:23 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 18:44 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-19 1:05 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-09-18 11:55 dhruva
2010-09-18 14:22 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 15:18 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 17:48 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-18 19:24 ` Drew Adams
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