changeset 69602:5dfbb2116f2d

(set-mark-command): Doc fix.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:08:28 +0000
parents 7f4f3a2e288b
children a0ab0382b7ca
files lisp/simple.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/simple.el	Mon Mar 20 15:05:41 2006 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Mon Mar 20 15:08:28 2006 +0000
@@ -3196,6 +3196,9 @@
 \\[universal-argument] \\[set-mark-command], unconditionally
 set mark where point is.
 
+Setting the mark also sets the \"region\", which is the closest
+equivalent in Emacs to what some editors call the \"selection\".
+
 Novice Emacs Lisp programmers often try to use the mark for the wrong
 purposes.  See the documentation of `set-mark' for more information."
   (interactive "P")