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changeset 99219:02d6a98205f0
(Using Region): Document use-empty-active-region.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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| date | Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:00:42 +0000 |
| parents | 3a217e6ccfcc |
| children | a827b5371f54 |
| files | doc/emacs/mark.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi Wed Oct 29 16:00:30 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi Wed Oct 29 16:00:42 2008 +0000 @@ -225,6 +225,16 @@ If Delete Selection mode is enabled, some commands delete the region when used while the mark is active. @xref{Mouse Commands}. + Some commands have a default behavior when the region is inactive, +but operate on the text in the region if the region is active. For +example, @kbd{M-$} (@code{ispell-word}) normally checks the spelling +of the word at point, but it checks the text in the region if the +region is active (@pxref{Spelling}). Normally, such commands use +their default behavior if the region is empty (i.e., if mark and point +are at the same position). If you want them to operate on the empty +region, change the variable @code{use-empty-active-region} to +@code{t}. + @node Mark Ring @section The Mark Ring