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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Capture frame, the first entry returned by (mouse-position)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:59:31 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wna1zv1o.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-11f2fa01-b4ce-4cc7-85fe-2aa16529fe5d-1663440109639@3c-app-mailcom-bs06> (message from Christopher Dimech on Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:41:49 +0200)

> From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:41:49 +0200
> 
> Frame objects seem quite complicated to handle, they are long with spaces in them.

That's not the frame, that's its printed representation.

This is a good time to re-read the immortal part of Alice in
Wonderland where it explains the difference between a thing, the name
of the thing, and the name of the name.



  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-17 18:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-17 17:25 Capture frame, the first entry returned by (mouse-position) wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-09-17 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-17 17:53   ` wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-09-17 17:58     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-17 18:00       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-17 18:24         ` wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-09-17 18:35           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-17 18:39             ` wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-09-17 18:57               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-17 18:41             ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-17 18:59               ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-09-17 22:06                 ` [External] : " Drew Adams

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