From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1993 10:06:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (transient-mark-mode): Doc fix.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~10479
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5dd1220d4c9dbae5d3e3a3edfa01b359ce86e5e6;p=emacs.git

(transient-mark-mode): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 1a605d3ba18..fe17f25a9de 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1372,8 +1372,11 @@ and it reactivates the mark."
   "Toggle Transient Mark mode.
 With arg, turn Transient Mark mode on if arg is positive, off otherwise.
 
-In Transient Mark mode, changing the buffer \"deactivates\" the mark.
-While the mark is active, the region is highlighted."
+In Transient Mark mode, when the mark is active, the region is highlighted.
+Changing the buffer \"deactivates\" the mark.
+So do certain other operations that set the mark
+but whose main purpose is something else--for example,
+incremental search, \\[beginning-of-buffer], and \\[end-of-buffer]."
   (interactive "P")
   (setq transient-mark-mode
 	(if (null arg)