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Re: About the `cursor' property
From: |
Jambunathan K |
Subject: |
Re: About the `cursor' property |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:35:36 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:
> In (info "(elisp) Special Properties"), there is a `cursor' property.
>
> It says that:
>
> `cursor'
> Normally, the cursor is displayed at the beginning or the end of
> any overlay and text property strings present at the current
> buffer position. You can place the cursor on any desired
> character of these strings by giving that character a non-`nil'
> `cursor' text property. [...]
>
> I had read through this node, but I still didn't know how to use this
> property. I tried "(add-text-properties 1 5 '(cursor 2))" in
> *scratch*, but the cursor didn't move. Can anybody help? Thanks.
Copy-pasta from icomplete.el.
(put-text-property 0 1 'cursor t text)
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