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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>miswart</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="MiSTing.html" title="MiSTing"/><link rel="next" href="MMF.html" title="MMF"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">miswart</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MiSTing.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="MMF.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="miswart"/><dt xmlns="" id="miswart"><b>miswart</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/mis<69>wort/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from <a href="../W/wart.html"><i class="glossterm">wart</i></a> by analogy with
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<a href="misbug.html"><i class="glossterm">misbug</i></a>] A <a href="../F/feature.html"><i class="glossterm">feature</i></a> that
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superficially appears to be a <a href="../W/wart.html"><i class="glossterm">wart</i></a> but has been
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determined to be the <a href="../R/Right-Thing.html"><i class="glossterm">Right Thing</i></a>. For example, in
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some versions of the <a href="../E/EMACS.html"><i class="glossterm">EMACS</i></a> text editor, the
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‘transpose characters’ command exchanges the character under
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the cursor with the one before it on the screen,
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<span class="emphasis"><em>except</em></span> when the cursor is at the end of a line, in
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which case the two characters before the cursor are exchanged. While this
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behavior is perhaps surprising, and certainly inconsistent, it has been
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found through extensive experimentation to be what most users want. This
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feature is a miswart.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MiSTing.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="MMF.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">MiSTing<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>MMF</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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