From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: "Point" vs. "cursor" in documentation Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 07:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <037e45ba-ae4d-7aa7-bfa2-dd6a27aaff26@disroot.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1530627953 23052 195.159.176.226 (3 Jul 2018 14:25:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:25:53 +0000 (UTC) To: "Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth" , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 03 16:25:49 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1faMFY-0005qy-3L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:25:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40789 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1faMHf-00042m-8k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:27:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46007) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1faMHY-00042b-O0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:27:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1faMHV-0005ag-K0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:27:52 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp2130.oracle.com ([141.146.126.79]:58076) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1faMHV-0005aE-B9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:27:49 -0400 Original-Received: from pps.filterd (aserp2130.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp2130.oracle.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id w63EPJaK072861; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:27:42 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=mime-version : message-id : date : from : sender : to : subject : references : in-reply-to : content-type : content-transfer-encoding; s=corp-2017-10-26; bh=WuSkPq5hxqIME2xvVgTkJPpyGau51FL7ou+fX/jINWU=; b=vhxlUKm5SPX5hl6INDUeJ47vayGYElbgb8sOIs/+uNOXwZFFNJHvhhTEOLZQZNZAa30U 0FqjVuqOft9T4emXQEaUSOdTlKT36AIIvIdzHJ6yIuhUiL5AY+O8wGDeqrUn4aeV/ggq 6K0WWx+aXiJT53+hZwGeqf4KDTJ4oNOW/AZDHiHkc39ChvnC9th+AnLkGV90qoHqHKYF xVu3twW5AxucQHqyAGh5GC4i6Rr93RsRNQBbq35bDzwtTsCpFnAUVVYKzYJFPmFc5s1D mZH7wYYRfxnJO38aWR6GYFQvoq//7gx+3SukX5n5fvPcOO8bX46vcC/jQD1rjhH3kMpb EA== Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp2130.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2jwyccrxpe-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:27:41 +0000 Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w63ERejv014534 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:27:41 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0001.oracle.com (abhmp0001.oracle.com [141.146.116.7]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id w63ERduu000844; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:27:40 GMT In-Reply-To: <037e45ba-ae4d-7aa7-bfa2-dd6a27aaff26@disroot.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4705.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=8942 signatures=668704 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=616 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1806210000 definitions=main-1807030166 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.79 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:226905 Archived-At: > I've noticed usage of "the cursor" and "point" throughout manuals and > doc-strings. In what context is one preferred over the other? Point is the buffer position of the cursor (aka text cursor). In the Emacs manual (`C-h r'), `i point' and `i cursor' both take you to node `Point', which explains this.