Re: master 370d403: Explain in the manual how to make `cursor-intangible' work

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> I don't have a preference, but I feel like the text should try and
> explain that there are options and that the example is just
> one approach.  At the same time, it seems "out of scope".
>
> I guess what I'm getting it is that we should not have to clarify this
> here but should instead point to some other place that explains those
> issues in general.
>
> Maybe we should point out that the effect of the property is only
> relevant on *positions* between chars, as defined by
> `get-pos-property`.

Have some mercy on the poor, poor programmers.  They just want to insert
some characters into the buffer that the cursor skips over, not gain
deep, lasting insights in the Emacs display machinery.

An example is worth more than three essays on intervals in general.

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