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From: "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com>
Subject: Re: problem of marker as position
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:22:26 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1AMolO-000UNaC@rattlesnake.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200311201147.UAA17403@etlken.m17n.org> (message from Kenichi Handa on Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:47:17 +0900 (JST))

   But, as I'm not native English, if your understanding is
   natural, I don't insist on adding the extra explanation in
   info.

I am a native English speaker and, to my embarrassment, have been
confused.  Extra explanation is useful, since the notion of marker
encompasses two different concepts:

  1. a position within a buffer that relocates automatically when
     text is inserted or deleted, 

  2. a specification of which buffer the position is within.

My problem is that sometimes, I focus on concept # 2 when the person
writing the code focuses on concept # 1 --- I should, of course, focus
on both concepts, but forget.  A better explanation would help me
remember.

The two concepts cannot be separated because the position must be
within a particular buffer.

-- 
    Robert J. Chassell                         Rattlesnake Enterprises
    http://www.rattlesnake.com                  GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8
    http://www.teak.cc                             bob@rattlesnake.com

  reply	other threads:[~2003-11-20 13:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-19  0:23 problem of marker as position Kenichi Handa
2003-11-19  3:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-11-20 11:47   ` Kenichi Handa
2003-11-20 13:22     ` Robert J. Chassell [this message]
2003-11-20 19:41       ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-11-21  5:03     ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-11-19 16:00 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-11-21  4:09 ` Richard Stallman

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