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author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> | 2010-04-06 12:10:31 -0400 |
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committer | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> | 2010-04-06 12:10:31 -0400 |
commit | e59c4233e20bfb2b8b50c77a42023a2473405391 (patch) | |
tree | dffdb88c71dd1340063876d553c8c3932564d5e6 | |
parent | 8afe2ec6f9629397ea59110a1c6b5e7f59d4d20a (diff) | |
download | emacs-e59c4233e20bfb2b8b50c77a42023a2473405391.tar.gz |
Edits to Persistent Mark node.
* mark.texi (Persistent Mark): Copyedits. Replace undo example with
query-replace (Bug#5774).
-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/mark.texi | 27 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 0ffd413c1f0..e62f226b9a2 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-04-06 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> + + * mark.texi (Persistent Mark): Copyedits. Replace undo example with + query-replace (Bug#5774). + 2010-03-30 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> * mule.texi (Input Methods): Mention "C-x 8 RET" and add a diff --git a/doc/emacs/mark.texi b/doc/emacs/mark.texi index 5cf166c0cbf..217d5b1b06d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi @@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ Mark}), or with shift-selection (@pxref{Shift Selection}). @findex transient-mark-mode To turn off Transient Mark mode, type @kbd{M-x transient-mark-mode}. -This command toggles the mode; you can use the same command to turn -Transient Mark mode on again. You can also turn off Transient Mark -mode using the menu bar: in the @samp{Options} menu, toggle the -@samp{Active Region Highlighting} menu item. +This command toggles the mode; you can use the same command to turn it +on again. You can also toggle Transient Mark mode using the +@samp{Active Region Highlighting} menu item in the @samp{Options} +menu. Here are the details of how Emacs behaves when Transient Mark mode is off: @@ -415,13 +415,12 @@ Many commands that move point long distances, like @kbd{M-<} and @kbd{C-s}, first set the mark where point was. @item -Some commands, which ordinarily operate on the region when the mark is -active, instead act on the entire buffer. For instance, @kbd{C-x u} -normally reverses changes within the region if the mark is active; -when Transient Mark mode is off, it acts on the entire buffer. -However, you can type @kbd{C-u C-x u} to make it operate on the -region. @xref{Undo}. Other commands that act this way are identified -in their own documentation. +Some commands, which ordinarily act on the region when the mark is +active, no longer do so. For example, normally @kbd{M-%} +(@code{query-replace}) performs replacements within the region, if the +mark is active. When Transient Mark mode is off, it always operates +from point to the end of the buffer. Commands that act this way are +identified in their own documentation. @end itemize While Transient Mark mode is off, you can activate it temporarily @@ -437,9 +436,9 @@ command twice.) @item C-u C-x C-x @kindex C-u C-x C-x -Activate the mark without changing it; enable Transient Mark mode just -once, until the mark is deactivated. (This is the @kbd{C-x C-x} -command, @code{exchange-point-and-mark}, with a prefix argument.) +Activate the mark and enable Transient Mark mode temporarily, until +the mark is next deactivated. (This is the @kbd{C-x C-x} command, +@code{exchange-point-and-mark}, with a prefix argument.) @end table These commands set or activate the mark, and enable Transient Mark |