* bug#9689: Contradiction in manual page "The Mark and the Region"
@ 2011-10-07 9:47 Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-12 17:40 ` Chong Yidong
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From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2011-10-07 9:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9689
Hi, Emacs.
In manual page "The Mark and the Region", an "active mark" is defined as
the region being highlighted.
Lower down the page, it says that with transient-mark-mode disabled, the
mark is always active. This use of "active" contradicts the definition
given above.
This could be fixed by redefining "active" to mean "you can use commands
which use the mark", or something like that.
Alternatively, one could say that with t-m-m disabled, "the mark is
always inactive, but you can always use in commands".
Second alternative: With transient-mark-mode disabled "the region is not
highlighted at all".
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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* bug#9689: Contradiction in manual page "The Mark and the Region"
2011-10-07 9:47 bug#9689: Contradiction in manual page "The Mark and the Region" Alan Mackenzie
@ 2011-10-12 17:40 ` Chong Yidong
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Chong Yidong @ 2011-10-12 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Mackenzie; +Cc: 9689
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
> In manual page "The Mark and the Region", an "active mark" is defined as
> the region being highlighted.
>
> Lower down the page, it says that with transient-mark-mode disabled, the
> mark is always active. This use of "active" contradicts the definition
> given above.
>
> This could be fixed by redefining "active" to mean "you can use commands
> which use the mark", or something like that.
>
> Alternatively, one could say that with t-m-m disabled, "the mark is
> always inactive, but you can always use in commands".
>
> Second alternative: With transient-mark-mode disabled "the region is not
> highlighted at all".
Thanks; I've reworded this text.
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