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Manual fixes related to clarifying cursor shapes

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Fixes: debbugs:4345
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen 2011-07-13 00:37:20 +02:00
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2011-07-12 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
* display.texi (Cursor Display): Mention `cursor-type'.
* screen.texi (Point): Clarify that it's only if you use a block
cursor that it appears to be on a character (bug#4345).
2011-07-12 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
* misc.texi (Amusements): Move dissociated press here, from its

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@ -1211,6 +1211,10 @@ terminal itself blinks the cursor, and Emacs has no control over it.)
You can control how the cursor appears when it blinks off by setting
the variable @code{blink-cursor-alist}.
@vindex cursor-type
You can change the shape of the cursor from the default ``box'' look
to a bar by altering the @code{cursor-type} variable.
@vindex visible-cursor
Some text terminals offer two different cursors: the normal cursor
and the very visible cursor, where the latter may be e.g. bigger or

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@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ different places in the buffer; for example, you can place point by
clicking mouse button 1 (normally the left button) at the desired
location.
While the cursor appears to be @emph{on} a character, you should
think of point as @emph{between} two characters; it points @emph{before}
the character that appears under the cursor. For example, if your text
looks like @samp{frob} with the cursor over the @samp{b}, then point is
between the @samp{o} and the @samp{b}. If you insert the character
@samp{!} at that position, the result is @samp{fro!b}, with point
between the @samp{!} and the @samp{b}. Thus, the cursor remains over
the @samp{b}, as before.
If you use a block cursor, the cursor appears to be @emph{on} a
character, but you should think of point as @emph{between} two
characters; it points @emph{before} the character that appears under
the cursor. For example, if your text looks like @samp{frob} with the
cursor over the @samp{b}, then point is between the @samp{o} and the
@samp{b}. If you insert the character @samp{!} at that position, the
result is @samp{fro!b}, with point between the @samp{!} and the
@samp{b}. Thus, the cursor remains over the @samp{b}, as before.
Sometimes people speak of ``the cursor'' when they mean ``point,'' or
speak of commands that move point as ``cursor motion'' commands.
@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ it again later. When Emacs displays multiple windows, each window has
its own point location. If the same buffer appears in more than one
window, each window has its own point position in that buffer.
On a graphical display, Emacs shows a cursor in each window; the
selected window's cursor is solid and blinking, and the other cursors
are hollow. On a text-only terminal, there is just one cursor, in the
selected window; even though the unselected windows have their own
point positions, they do not display a cursor. @xref{Cursor Display},
for customizable variables that control cursor display.
On a graphical display, Emacs shows a cursor in each window. The
selected window's cursor will be blinking. If you use the default,
@code{box} cursor type, the selected window's cursor will be solid,
and the other cursors are hollow. On a text-only terminal, there is
just one cursor, in the selected window; even though the unselected
windows have their own point positions, they do not display a cursor.
@xref{Cursor Display}, for customizable variables that control cursor
display.
@node Echo Area
@section The Echo Area