GNU bug report logs - #8569
24.0.50; overlay arrow

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:58:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8569: 24.0.50; overlay arrow
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:43:33 +0300

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:56:51 -0700
> 
> The overlay arrow is not something used all over the place in Emacs code
> and doc.  We should change the name now to avoid this confusion.

I'm afraid it's way too late.  Most of these variables (the first two)
exist since 1988, when this feature was first introduced into Emacs.
Of course, back then we didn't have the fringes, so the arrow was
displayed like it is now on text terminals (try "emacs -nw").
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 355 days ago.

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