# HG changeset patch # User Kai Grojohann # Date 1007212003 0 # Node ID d5bce152d4203526d34fc7c39b4247f2b5d0f7a2 # Parent a69f01af3b63932e344a8250e7efad00f4cc11af (Marking Objects): `M-h' accepts prefix arg. diff -r a69f01af3b63 -r d5bce152d420 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Sat Dec 01 12:59:29 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Sat Dec 01 13:06:43 2001 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-12-01 Kai Gro,A_(Bjohann + + * mark.texi (Marking Objects): `M-h' accepts prefix arg. + 2001-11-25 Jason Rumney * frames.texi (Tooltips): Remove MS-Windows exceptions. diff -r a69f01af3b63 -r d5bce152d420 man/mark.texi --- a/man/mark.texi Sat Dec 01 12:59:29 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/mark.texi Sat Dec 01 13:06:43 2001 +0000 @@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ the beginning of the paragraph that surrounds or follows point, and puts the mark at the end of that paragraph (@pxref{Paragraphs}). It prepares the region so you can indent, case-convert, or kill a whole paragraph. +The command also accepts a prefix argument. If the prefix argument +is positive, @kbd{M-h} marks that many paragraphs, the paragraph +surrounding point plus some following paragraphs. If the prefix +argument is negative, @kbd{M-h} also marks that many paragraphs, but +the preceding instead of the following paragraphs. (With a positive +argument, point is put at the beginning and mark at end, with a +negative argument, point is at end and mark at the beginning.) @kbd{C-M-h} (@code{mark-defun}) similarly puts point before, and the mark after, the current (or following) major top-level definition, or