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.
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