Mercurial > emacs

comparison man/screen.texi @ 39164:ecf35d2638f4

Find changesets by keywords (author, files, the commit message), revision number or hash, or revset expression.
Explain about multiple cursors.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:41:11 +0000
parents d44abb4e68b2
children 5a3dae2132b4
comparison
equal deleted inserted replaced
39163:8c66ad9acae0 39164:ecf35d2638f4
73 the @samp{b}, as before. 73 the @samp{b}, as before.
74 74
75 Sometimes people speak of ``the cursor'' when they mean ``point,'' or 75 Sometimes people speak of ``the cursor'' when they mean ``point,'' or
76 speak of commands that move point as ``cursor motion'' commands. 76 speak of commands that move point as ``cursor motion'' commands.
77 77
78 Terminals have only one cursor, and when output is in progress it must 78 Text-only terminals have only one cursor, and when output is in
79 appear where the typing is being done. This does not mean that point is 79 progress it must appear where the output is being displayed. This
80 moving. It is only that Emacs has no way to show you the location of point 80 does not mean that point is moving. It is only that Emacs has no way
81 except when the terminal is idle. 81 to show you the location of point except when the terminal is idle.
82 82
83 If you are editing several files in Emacs, each in its own buffer, 83 If you are editing several files in Emacs, each in its own buffer,
84 each buffer has its own point location. A buffer that is not currently 84 each buffer has its own point location. A buffer that is not currently
85 displayed remembers where point is in case you display it again later. 85 displayed remembers where point is in case you display it again later.
86 86
87 When there are multiple windows in a frame, each window has its own 87 When Emacs displays multiple windows, each window has its own point
88 point location. The cursor shows the location of point in the selected 88 location. On text-only terminals, the cursor shows the location of
89 window. This also is how you can tell which window is selected. If the 89 point in the selected window. On graphical terminals, Emacs shows a
90 same buffer appears in more than one window, each window has its own 90 cursor in each window; the selected window's cursor is solid, and the
91 position for point in that buffer. 91 other cursors are hollow. Either way, the cursor or cursors tell you
92 92 which window is selected. If the same buffer appears in more than one
93 When there are multiple frames, each frame can display one cursor. 93 window, each window has its own position for point in that buffer, and
94 The cursor in the selected frame is solid; the cursor in other frames is 94 (when possible) its own cursor.
95 a hollow box, and appears in the window that would be selected if you 95
96 give the input focus to that frame. 96 @xref{Cursor Display}, for customization options that control display
97 of the cursor or cursors.
97 98
98 The term ``point'' comes from the character @samp{.}, which was the 99 The term ``point'' comes from the character @samp{.}, which was the
99 command in TECO (the language in which the original Emacs was written) 100 command in TECO (the language in which the original Emacs was written)
100 for accessing the value now called ``point.'' 101 for accessing the value now called ``point.''
101 102