From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 9689@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9689: Contradiction in manual page "The Mark and the Region"
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:40:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878voqcdm3.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111007094729.GC2830@acm.acm> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:47:29 +0000")
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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2011-10-07 9:47 bug#9689: Contradiction in manual page "The Mark and the Region" Alan Mackenzie
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