From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8569: 24.0.50; overlay arrow Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:56:51 -0700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1303942022 26413 80.91.229.12 (27 Apr 2011 22:07:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:07:02 +0000 (UTC) To: 8569@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 00:06:58 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QFCsr-0000zS-H3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:06:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48867 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QFCsq-00086j-CG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:56:52 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:56:51 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcwFJgObcG70PfdzQY+A3wguFPTCoQ== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 X-Source-IP: acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090205.4DB89127.0091:SCFMA922111,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:58:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:46040 Archived-At: (elisp) Overlay Arrow: "The "overlay arrow" is useful for directing the user's attention to a particular line in a buffer. For example, in the modes used for interface to debuggers, the overlay arrow indicates the line of code about to be executed. This feature has nothing to do with "overlays" (*note Overlays::)." The overlay arrow is not something used all over the place in Emacs code and doc. We should change the name now to avoid this confusion. Possible renamings: overlay-arrow-string -> line-indicator-string overlay-arrow-position -> line-indicator-position overlay-arrow-variable-list -> line-indicator-position-variables This confusion is all the worse because this node _does_ mix up the two, talking about both: "You can do a similar job by creating an overlay with a `before-string' property. *Note Overlay Properties::." In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-04-25 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/imagesupport/include'