From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11955: 24.1.50; nit about "point" vs "cursor" in error msg Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:40:57 -0400 Message-ID: References: <360BC912D76F4067B76F374C0DA2C41B@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1342507337 496 80.91.229.3 (17 Jul 2012 06:42:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:42:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11955@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 17 08:42:16 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1U6-0003jt-84 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:42:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35533 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1U5-0002I6-K6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:42:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35760) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1U0-0002Ho-A1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:42:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1Tw-0002DG-7A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1Tw-0002DB-4L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:42:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1Zi-00031h-62 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11955 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11955-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11955.134250762211568 (code B ref 11955); Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11955) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Jul 2012 06:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45148 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1Yk-00030U-DX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:60668) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr1Yh-000302-7d for 11955@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:47:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q6H6ewNi031077; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:40:58 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 803DEAE508; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:40:57 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <360BC912D76F4067B76F374C0DA2C41B@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:06:32 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4281=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4281> : streams <786021> : uri <1167321> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:62028 Archived-At: > 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