From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Is there a way to hightlight region permanently? Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2017 11:27:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87eftzrxwn.fsf@jane> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1498987721 11398 195.159.176.226 (2 Jul 2017 09:28:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 09:28:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 26.0.50 To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 02 11:28:38 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dRbBD-0002dc-7I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2017 11:28:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57293 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dRbBI-00007c-HW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:28:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51798) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dRbAs-00007L-2a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:28:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dRbAm-0000aL-UQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:28:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:53705) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dRbAm-0000YA-Nv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D1DE6537 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2017 11:28:02 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oVx3cmJMJtff for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2017 11:28:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (static-dwadziewiec-jedenpiec7.echostar.pl [109.232.29.157]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D7188E6515 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2017 11:27:59 +0200 (CEST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.110.48.8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113631 Archived-At: Hi all, I'd like to have something like `highlight-regexp' and `unhighlight-regexp', but for the current region. I.e., something that stays highlighted after I move point and/or mark, and whose highlighting I can easily turn off when no longer needed. Any hints? Or should I just code that myself? TIA, -- Marcin Borkowski