From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to activate region Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 22:55:59 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20524da70905131519v27e4ac8drf87ffad29555b5f0@mail.gmail.com> <20524da70905132132t816d18cic39130e32bb2c5d0@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242277027 2079 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2009 04:57:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 04:57:07 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 14 06:56:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M4T05-0008JU-Bq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 06:56:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40684 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M4T04-00081N-Pq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 00:56:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M4Sza-000814-F9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 00:56:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M4SzV-0007zU-4Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 00:56:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55364 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M4SzU-0007zL-TL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 00:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:55162 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M4SzU-0003pW-De for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 00:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M4SzN-0006FQ-S0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 04:56:13 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-190-36-32.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.190.36.32]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 04:56:13 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-190-36-32.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 04:56:13 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-190-36-32.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) In-Reply-To: <20524da70905132132t816d18cic39130e32bb2c5d0@mail.gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:64402 Archived-At: Samuel Wales wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 16:16, Leo wrote: >> C-SPC twice. > > That, unfortunately, has the side effect of setting mark. ,----[ C-h k C-x C-x ] | C-x C-x runs the command exchange-point-and-mark | which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'. | It is bound to C-x C-x. | (exchange-point-and-mark &optional arg) | | Put the mark where point is now, and point where the mark is now. | This command works even when the mark is not active, | and it reactivates the mark. | With prefix arg, `transient-mark-mode' is enabled temporarily. | | [back] `---- -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA