From 5dd1220d4c9dbae5d3e3a3edfa01b359ce86e5e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1993 10:06:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (transient-mark-mode): Doc fix. --- lisp/simple.el | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index 1a605d3ba18..fe17f25a9de 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -1372,8 +1372,11 @@ and it reactivates the mark." "Toggle Transient Mark mode. With arg, turn Transient Mark mode on if arg is positive, off otherwise. -In Transient Mark mode, changing the buffer \"deactivates\" the mark. -While the mark is active, the region is highlighted." +In Transient Mark mode, when the mark is active, the region is highlighted. +Changing the buffer \"deactivates\" the mark. +So do certain other operations that set the mark +but whose main purpose is something else--for example, +incremental search, \\[beginning-of-buffer], and \\[end-of-buffer]." (interactive "P") (setq transient-mark-mode (if (null arg)