From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 11955@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11955: 24.1.50; nit about "point" vs "cursor" in error msg
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:40:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvvchmao19.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <360BC912D76F4067B76F374C0DA2C41B@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:06:32 -0700")
> emacs -Q
> C-h i
> Put the cursor on a menu title such as `Emacs', not on a menu item.
> Hit `RET'.
> You see this user-error message:
> "Point neither on reference nor in menu item description"
> Technically, that's not quite correct. Point is a position. It is the
> cursor position (just before it). A position is not "on" or "in"
> something. It is more correct to say that the _cursor_ is not on...
`point' is definitely the Emacs-correct term here.
Stefan
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2012-07-17 6:06 bug#11955: 24.1.50; nit about "point" vs "cursor" in error msg Drew Adams
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