From: Charles A. Roelli Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:21:41 +0000 (+0200) Subject: * doc/emacs/mark.texi (Mark): Index "(de)activating the mark". X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.1.90~101 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3f1470d;p=emacs.git * doc/emacs/mark.texi (Mark): Index "(de)activating the mark". (Bug#32956) --- diff --git a/doc/emacs/mark.texi b/doc/emacs/mark.texi index 0ffa9f74ac6..10505873c53 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi @@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ one comes earlier in the text; each time you move point, the region changes. @cindex active region +@cindex activating the mark Setting the mark at a position in the text also @dfn{activates} it. When the mark is active, we say also that the region is active; Emacs indicates its extent by highlighting the text within it, using the @code{region} face (@pxref{Face Customization}). +@cindex deactivating the mark After certain non-motion commands, including any command that changes the text in the buffer, Emacs automatically @dfn{deactivates} the mark; this turns off the highlighting. You can also explicitly