From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 38051@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38051: 26.3; (elisp) `Insertion' use of verb "point"
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:23:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sgn3h7yj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10c2ca80-b3d5-4efb-a2b1-5ded0cc8a14d@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 3 Nov 2019 13:26:08 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 13:26:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> In a few places this node uses the verb "to point" to refer to a
> marker's position, as in the marker points to position N.
>
> This is unfortunate, as it makes the text confusing - especially so
> because the text in the node refers often to "point" meaning, well,
> point, the position of the cursor. Too many occurrences of "point", and
> in some cases with different possible meanings (some of which are wrong).
FWIW, I see no reason to shy away from using the word "point" in its
usual sense, just because we also have a special meaning for it.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-03 21:26 bug#38051: 26.3; (elisp) `Insertion' use of verb "point" Drew Adams
2019-11-04 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-11-08 0:36 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 17:53 ` Drew Adams
2019-11-08 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2019-11-04 18:10 ` Drew Adams
2019-11-04 18:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2019-11-08 19:56 ` Drew Adams
2019-11-08 20:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 14:55 ` Stefan Kangas
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