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diff --git a/doc/emacs/mark.texi b/doc/emacs/mark.texi index 05b2a5be3a4..09c766be504 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2001-2013 Free Software +@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2001-2015 Free Software @c Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Mark @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Ordinarily, only the selected window highlights its region; however, if the variable @code{highlight-nonselected-windows} is non-@code{nil}, each window highlights its own region. + There is another kind of region: the rectangular region. +@xref{Rectangles}. + @menu * Setting Mark:: Commands to set the mark. * Marking Objects:: Commands to put region around textual units. @@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ region also automatically deactivate the mark, like @kbd{C-x C-u} in the above example. Instead of setting the mark in order to operate on a region, you can -also use it to ``remember'' a position in the buffer (by typing +also use it to remember a position in the buffer (by typing @kbd{C-@key{SPC} C-@key{SPC}}), and later jump back there (by typing @kbd{C-u C-@key{SPC}}). @xref{Mark Ring}, for details. @@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ detailed description of these mouse commands. @cindex shift-selection Finally, you can set the mark by holding down the shift key while -typing certain cursor motion commands (such as @kbd{S-@key{right}}, +typing certain cursor motion commands (such as @kbd{S-@key{RIGHT}}, @kbd{S-C-f}, @kbd{S-C-n}, etc.). This is called @dfn{shift-selection}. It sets the mark at point before moving point, but only if there is no active mark set via shift-selection. The mark set by mouse commands @@ -272,7 +275,7 @@ active. If you change the value to @code{kill}, these commands behavior. Such commands usually have the word @code{region} in their names, like @kbd{C-w} (@code{kill-region}) and @code{C-x C-u} (@code{upcase-region}). If the mark is inactive, they operate on the -``inactive region''---that is, on the text between point and the +@dfn{inactive region}---that is, on the text between point and the position at which the mark was last set (@pxref{Mark Ring}). To disable this behavior, change the variable @code{mark-even-if-inactive} to @code{nil}. Then these commands will |