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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