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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1993-12-30 10:06:31 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1993-12-30 10:06:31 +0000
commit5dd1220d4c9dbae5d3e3a3edfa01b359ce86e5e6 (patch)
treeb67d2d710ef7b4b7a4b996b87a261700071dd320
parent02c2c53f5c41ff46301da9a58bdf76b51aa555c0 (diff)
downloademacs-5dd1220d4c9dbae5d3e3a3edfa01b359ce86e5e6.tar.gz
(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)