Add a provide statement.

[gnu-emacs] / man / mark.texi

diff --git a/man/mark.texi b/man/mark.texi
index 09a567ea4c451d7ac7455ddbeb010272b12ba3c5..b4154f9c3ae9c2f89e9280a65fa0aff874d76252 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mark.texi
+++ b/man/mark.texi
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ the new position with point back at its original position.
 @ref{Mark Ring}.
 
 @kindex C-@@
-  There is no such character as @kbd{C-@key{SPC}} in ASCII; when you
+  There is no such character as @kbd{C-@key{SPC}} in @acronym{ASCII}; when you
 type @key{SPC} while holding down @key{CTRL}, what you get on most
 ordinary terminals is the character @kbd{C-@@}.  This key is actually
 bound to @code{set-mark-command}.  But unless you are unlucky enough to
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ This makes the mark active and thus begins highlighting of the region.
 As you move point, you will see the highlighted region grow and
 shrink.
 
-@item 
+@item
 The mouse commands for specifying the mark also make it active.  So do
 keyboard commands whose purpose is to specify a region, including
 @kbd{M-@@}, @kbd{C-M-@@}, @kbd{M-h}, @kbd{C-M-h}, @kbd{C-x C-p}, and
@@ -247,20 +247,20 @@ 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 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.)
 @end table
 
   One of the secondary features of Transient Mark mode is that certain
-commands operate on the region when there is an active region.  If you
-don't use Transient Mark mode, the region once set never becomes
-inactive, so there is no way these commands to make such a
+commands operate only on the region, when there is an active region.
+If you don't use Transient Mark mode, the region once set never
+becomes inactive, so there is no way for these commands to make such a
 distinction.  Enabling Transient Mark mode momentarily gives you a way
 to use these commands on the region.
 
-  The other way momentarily use of Transient Mark mode is useful
-is that it highlights the region for the time being.
+  Momentary use of Transient Mark mode is also a way to highlight the
+region for the time being.
 
 @node Using Region
 @section Operating on the Region
@@ -425,3 +425,6 @@ the buffer and position of the latest entry in the global ring.  It also
 rotates the ring, so that successive uses of @kbd{C-x C-@key{SPC}} take
 you to earlier and earlier buffers.
 
+@ignore
+   arch-tag: f35e4d82-911b-4cfc-a3d7-3c87b2abba20
+@end ignore