GNU bug report logs - #50950
"(emacs) Mark" should contrast to "selecting" text in other editors

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 19:32:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 50950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 50950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: Re: [External] : bug#50950: "(emacs) Mark" should contrast to
 "selecting" text in other editors
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 21:21:51 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "50950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <50950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 18:14:29 +0000
> 
> 3. I think it's a mistake to speak of "moving
> point" and saying "you move point".
> 
> Point is just the current cursor position.  You
> move the cursor, not point.

Not in Emacs.  In Emacs, commands move point, and the cursor is then
drawn to show where point is.
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