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-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@node Mark
@chapter The Mark and the Region
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.
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.
@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}},
-@kbd{S-C-f}, @kbd{S-C-n}, etc.) This is called @dfn{shift-selection}.
+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
and by shift-selection behaves slightly differently from the usual
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
@findex delete-selection-mode
By default, text insertion occurs normally even if the mark is
active---for example, typing @kbd{a} inserts the character @samp{a},
-then deactivates the mark. If you enable Delete Selection mode, a
-minor mode, then inserting text while the mark is active causes the
-text in the region to be deleted first. To toggle Delete Selection
-mode on or off, type @kbd{M-x delete-selection-mode}.
+then deactivates the mark. Delete Selection mode, a minor mode,
+modifies this behavior: if you enable that mode, then inserting text
+while the mark is active causes the text in the region to be deleted
+first. Also, commands that normally delete just one character, such
+as @kbd{C-d} or @kbd{@key{DEL}}, will delete the entire region
+instead. To toggle Delete Selection mode on or off, type @kbd{M-x
+delete-selection-mode}.
@node Mark Ring
@section The Mark Ring
mark is by using @kbd{C-x C-x}, which exchanges the positions of the
point and the mark (@pxref{Setting Mark}).
-@item
-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 act on the region when the mark is
active, no longer do so. For example, normally @kbd{M-%}
@item C-u C-x C-x
@kindex C-u C-x C-x
-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.)
+Exchange point and mark, 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