From 3f1470d96fa8f71a6b5fe87396b2054309c6a59c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Charles A. Roelli" Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 19:21:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/emacs/mark.texi (Mark): Index "(de)activating the mark". (Bug#32956) --- doc/emacs/mark.texi | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.39.5