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authorStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2010-12-13 10:27:36 -0500
committerStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2010-12-13 10:27:36 -0500
commitf49d1f52b2e368ef67dcfececd426de958548f4e (patch)
treece24ced92f2acc976daf4b69e3634c8bd600e44e /src/buffer.c
parent07176b2a9e63a0d3933b167f987475d8a18da5cc (diff)
parent11aad4e9f9f54ce8e9ecc66347e512b20a3cdf39 (diff)
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Merge from emacs-23
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diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
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+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -6106,15 +6106,17 @@ Non-nil also enables highlighting of the region whenever the mark is active.
The variable `highlight-nonselected-windows' controls whether to highlight
all windows or just the selected window.
-If the value is `lambda', that enables Transient Mark mode temporarily.
-After any subsequent action that would normally deactivate the mark
-\(such as buffer modification), Transient Mark mode is turned off.
-
-If the value is (only . OLDVAL), that enables Transient Mark mode
-temporarily. After any subsequent point motion command that is not
-shift-translated, or any other action that would normally deactivate
-the mark (such as buffer modification), the value of
-`transient-mark-mode' is set to OLDVAL. */);
+Lisp programs may give this variable certain special values:
+
+- A value of `lambda' enables Transient Mark mode temporarily.
+ It is disabled again after any subsequent action that would
+ normally deactivate the mark (e.g. buffer modification).
+
+- A value of (only . OLDVAL) enables Transient Mark mode
+ temporarily. After any subsequent point motion command that is
+ not shift-translated, or any other action that would normally
+ deactivate the mark (e.g. buffer modification), the value of
+ `transient-mark-mode' is set to OLDVAL. */);
Vtransient_mark_mode = Qnil;
DEFVAR_LISP ("inhibit-read-only", &Vinhibit_read_only,