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Documented shift-select-mode.
author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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date | Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:49:45 +0000 |
parents | 90d2cbaa59f6 |
children | c3309dba6542 |
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256 *** `use-empty-active-region' controls whether an empty active region | 256 *** `use-empty-active-region' controls whether an empty active region |
257 in Transient Mark mode should make commands operate on that empty | 257 in Transient Mark mode should make commands operate on that empty |
258 region. | 258 region. |
259 | 259 |
260 ** Temporarily active regions | 260 ** Temporarily active regions |
261 | 261 +++ |
262 *** The new variable shift-select-mode, non-nil by default, controls | 262 *** The new variable shift-select-mode, non-nil by default, controls |
263 shift-selection. When Shift Select mode is on, shift-translated | 263 shift-selection. When Shift Select mode is on, shift-translated |
264 motion keys (e.g. S-left and S-down) activate and extend a temporary | 264 motion keys (e.g. S-left and S-down) activate and extend a temporary |
265 region, similar to mouse-selection. | 265 region, similar to mouse-selection. |
266 | 266 +++ |
267 *** Temporarily active regions, created using shift-selection or | 267 *** Temporarily active regions, created using shift-selection or |
268 mouse-selection, are not necessarily deactivated in the next command. | 268 mouse-selection, are not necessarily deactivated in the next command. |
269 They are only deactivated after point motion commands that are not | 269 They are only deactivated after point motion commands that are not |
270 shift-translated, or after commands that would ordinarily deactivate | 270 shift-translated, or after commands that would ordinarily deactivate |
271 the mark in Transient Mark mode (e.g., any command that modifies the | 271 the mark in Transient Mark mode (e.g., any command that modifies the |