# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1004565582 0
# Node ID c44c1b0bdf92fc1ef2f29c1d6dee8a308edb52f3
# Parent  86c8a6492402c4a1e73a1efded4587388bf970d8
More explanation of "highlighting".

diff -r 86c8a6492402 -r c44c1b0bdf92 man/glossary.texi
--- a/man/glossary.texi	Wed Oct 31 21:58:44 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/glossary.texi	Wed Oct 31 21:59:42 2001 +0000
@@ -540,6 +540,12 @@
 background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the
 buffer.
 
+Emacs uses highlighting in several ways.  When you mark a region with
+the mouse, the region is always highlighted.  Optionally Emacs can
+also highlight the region whenever it is active (@pref{Transient
+Mark}).  Incremental search also highlights matches (@pref{Incremental
+Search}).  See also `font lock'.
+
 @item Hardcopy
 Hardcopy means printed output.  Emacs has commands for making printed
 listings of text in Emacs buffers.  @xref{Hardcopy}.