[Lazarus] IDE multi-caret options wishes

Martin Frb lazarus at mfriebe.de
Tue May 22 18:36:12 CEST 2018


On 22/05/2018 18:08, wkitty42--- via Lazarus wrote:
> On 05/22/2018 04:55 AM, AlexeyT via Lazarus wrote:
>> You're right, but: IDE is for major audience, so need to use major 
>> terms, of current time: cursor is mouse cursor.
>
>
> not when i'm typing in the/an editor... that mouse thing is just trash 
> to be moved out of the way so i can read what is typed... the proper 
> name for that mouse thing is "pointer"...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor_(databases)
> *cursor* is a control structure that enables traversal 
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/traverse> over the records 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_record> in a database.

SCNR

But
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor
> Cursor (user interface) 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor_%28user_interface%29>, an 
> indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a 
> computer monitor or other display device

Current position can be mouse or text-mark.

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