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Subject: Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented.
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    for congruence, i suggest :LINES:COLUMNS (prefix ":").
    this would degrade to ::COLUMNS when there are no line numbers
    (kind of weird) and :LINES when there are no colum numbers.

People pointed out that could look like a time of day, when in the
mode line.