+class LyXCursor {
+public:
+ LyXCursor();
+ /// set the paragraph that contains this cursor
+ void par(ParagraphList::iterator pit);
+ /// return the paragraph this cursor is in
+ ParagraphList::iterator par() const;
+ /// set the position within the paragraph
+ void pos(lyx::pos_type p);
+ /// return the position within the paragraph
+ lyx::pos_type pos() const;
+ /// FIXME
+ void boundary(bool b);
+ /// FIXME
+ bool boundary() const;
+ /// set the x position in pixels
+ void x(int i);
+ /// return the x position in pixels
+ int x() const;
+ /// set the stored next-line position when at the end of a row
+ void ix(int i);
+ /**
+ * Return the x position of the start of the next row, when this
+ * cursor is at the end of the previous row, for insets that take
+ * a full row.
+ *
+ * FIXME: explain why we need this ?
+ */
+ int ix() const;
+ /// set the cached x position
+ void x_fix(int i);
+ /**
+ * Return the cached x position of the cursor. This is used for when
+ * we have text like :
+ *
+ * blah blah blah blah| blah blah blah
+ * blah blah blah
+ * blah blah blah blah blah blah
+ *
+ * When we move onto row 3, we would like to be vertically aligned
+ * with where we were in row 1, despite the fact that row 2 is
+ * shorter than x()
+ */
+ int x_fix() const;
+ /// set the y position in pixels
+ void y(int i);
+ /// return the y position in pixels
+ int y() const;
+ /// set the stored next-line y position when at the end of a row
+ void iy(int i);
+ /**
+ * Return the y position of the start of the next row, when this
+ * cursor is at the end of the previous row, for insets that take
+ * a full row.
+ *
+ * FIXME: explain why we need this ? especially for y...
+ */
+ int iy() const;
+private:
+ /// The paragraph the cursor is in.
+ ParagraphList::iterator par_;
+ /// The position inside the paragraph
+ lyx::pos_type pos_;
+ /**
+ * When the cursor position is i, is the cursor is after the i-th char
+ * or before the i+1-th char ? Normally, these two interpretations are
+ * equivalent, except when the fonts of the i-th and i+1-th char
+ * differ.
+ * We use boundary_ to distinguish between the two options:
+ * If boundary_=true, then the cursor is after the i-th char
+ * and if boundary_=false, then the cursor is before the i+1-th char.
+ *
+ * We currently use the boundary only when the language direction of
+ * the i-th char is different than the one of the i+1-th char.
+ * In this case it is important to distinguish between the two
+ * cursor interpretations, in order to give a reasonable behavior to
+ * the user.
+ */
+ bool boundary_;
+ /// the pixel x position
+ int x_;
+ /// the stored next-row x position
+ int ix_;
+ /// the cached x position
+ int x_fix_;
+ /// the pixel y position
+ int y_;
+ /// the stored next-row y position
+ int iy_;