changeset 35631:bc0a3dbd22f6

(transient-mark-mode): Document the fact that many commands act on the region when mark is active.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:43:46 +0000
parents f9eed7569e52
children 857a3de5ef67
files lisp/simple.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/simple.el	Sat Jan 27 01:51:04 2001 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Sat Jan 27 11:43:46 2001 +0000
@@ -2334,7 +2334,15 @@
 Changing the buffer \"deactivates\" the mark.
 So do certain other operations that set the mark
 but whose main purpose is something else--for example,
-incremental search, \\[beginning-of-buffer], and \\[end-of-buffer]."
+incremental search, \\[beginning-of-buffer], and \\[end-of-buffer].
+
+Many commands change their behavior when Transient Mark mode is in effect
+and the mark is active, by acting on the region instead of their usual
+default part of the buffer's text.  Examples of such command include
+\\[comment-dwim], \\[flush-lines], \\[ispell], \\[keep-lines],
+\\[query-replace], \\[query-replace-regexp], and \\[undo].  Invoke
+\\[apropos-documentation] and type \"transient\" at the prompt, to see
+the documentation of commands which are sensitive to the Transient Mark mode."
   (interactive "P")
   (setq transient-mark-mode
 	(if (null arg)