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From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
To: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Is there a way to hightlight region permanently?
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2017 14:24:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zicnuivu.fsf@rosalinde> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eftzrxwn.fsf@jane> (Marcin Borkowski's message of "Sun, 02 Jul 2017 11:27:52 +0200")

On Sun, 02 Jul 2017 11:27:52 +0200 Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:

> 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,

If you move point or mark, then you change the region, so what do you
want to do with the old region (which would still be highlighted)?
Maybe secondary selection will serve your purposes:

(info "(emacs) Secondary Selection")

Steve Berman



  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-02 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-02  9:27 Is there a way to hightlight region permanently? Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-02 12:24 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
2017-07-02 14:52 ` Drew Adams

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