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Enchance the emacs wiki article, by adding the "Point" subsection

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inside GNU Emacs terminology.  Also deletes an unnecessary mild usage
suggestion in "Frame" subsection.

Signed-off-by: keyboardan <keyboardan@tilde.club>
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@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Basic Elements of the Screen/Terminology
When first starting GNU Emacs, there are a few elements of the screen that you should know:
### Point
Point is your (blinking) cursor position inside GNU Emacs, for editing within GNU Emacs.
### Buffer
A "Buffer" is basically a container that holds the contents of whatever file you're editing.
@@ -48,8 +52,6 @@ A tab contains window(s). You may change your windows layout (by splitting windo
A frame contains tab(s). A usage for frames is, for example, at work, to switch between having a place for your coding tabs, and another place for your -- much well deserved -- leisure&chatting tabs.
You may set up your leisure&chatting place in a tab instead, rather than in a frame. Making you just use one frame if it suits you better.
### Modeline
The Modeline is the strip of details towards the bottom in an instance of GNU Emacs. This shows the file/buffer name, file type, any active modes/extensions, line and column numbers, and more.