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

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 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: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 06:13:37 +0000

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> +  When point is in the middle of a sequence of text that has the

I still find "in the middle of a sequence" confusing.

> +@code{display} or @code{composition} property, or is invisible, Emacs
> +there can be several buffer positions that result in the cursor being
> +displayed at same place.  Therefore, after a command finishes and
> +returns to the command loop, if point is in such a sequence, the
> +command loop normally moves point to one of the two edges of the
> +sequence, making this sequence effectively intangible.
>  
>    A command can inhibit this feature by setting the variable
>  @code{disable-point-adjustment}:
>

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