GNU bug report logs - #64724
30.0.50; Inconsistency between manual, comments in the code, and implementation of point adjustment

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Message #56 received at 64724 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: yantar92 <at> posteo.net, 64724 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64724: 30.0.50; Inconsistency between manual, comments in
 the code, and implementation of point adjustment
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:15:09 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  64724 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:58:11 -0400
> 
> -  Emacs cannot display the cursor when point is in the middle of a
> -sequence of text that has the @code{display} or @code{composition}
> -property, or is invisible.  Therefore, after a command finishes and
> -returns to the command loop, if point is within such a sequence, the
> -command loop normally moves point to the edge of the sequence, making this
> -sequence effectively intangible.
> +  When point is in the middle of a sequence of text that has the
> +@code{display} or @code{composition} property, or is invisible, Emacs
                                                                   ^^^^^
That "Emacs" is redundant.

> +there can be several buffer positions that result in the cursor being
> +displayed at same place.
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I'd say "at the same place on screen".

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