Marc Champagne <nos### [at] pleasecom> wrote in 
news:Xns### [at] 204213191226:

> Philippe Lhoste <Phi### [at] GMXnet> wrote in
> news:Xns### [at] 204213191226: 
> 
>> Note: caret != cursor, at least on GUI environments (it may be true on
>> Dos without mouse support...).
>> Cursor = mouse position indicator.
>> Caret  = current text input position.
> 
> Well I've always seen it described as the current cursor position, it's
> the first time I hear about "the caret" in my 20+ odd years of
> computing.

Well, that's perhaps because you have so much experience... Before graphical 
interface, I suppose only "cursor" was used. With GUI, people had to 
distinguish them.

> Shesh, there is always something new to learn... 

Yes... Actually, I really started to make the difference after starting to 
contribute to the Scintilla open source project. That's not so long ago.

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