[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

miswart /mis-wort/ n. from wart by analogy with misbug a
   feature that superficially appears to be a wart but has been
   determined to be the right thing. for example, in some versions of the
   emacs text editor, the `transpose characters' command exchanges the
   character under the cursor with the one before it on the screen,
   _except_ when the cursor is at the end of a line, in which case the two
   characters before the cursor are exchanged. while this behavior is
   perhaps surprising, and certainly inconsistent, it has been found
   through extensive experimentation to be what most users want. this
   feature is a miswart.


see also:
wart misbug feature right thing emacs 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

miswart
     
        /mis-wort/ by analogy with misbug a feature that
        superficially appears to be a wart but has been determined
        to be the right thing.  for example, in some versions of the
        emacs text editor, the "transpose characters" command
        exchanges the character under the cursor with the one before
        it on the screen, except when the cursor is at the end of a
        line, in which case the two characters before the cursor are
        exchanged.  while this behaviour is perhaps surprising, and
        certainly inconsistent, it has been found through extensive
        experimentation to be what most users want.  this feature is a
        miswart.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
misbug feature wart right thing emacs jargon file 

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