changeset 40589:c44c1b0bdf92

More explanation of "highlighting".
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:59:42 +0000
parents 86c8a6492402
children e9ca70d27e37
files man/glossary.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/glossary.texi	Wed Oct 31 21:58:44 2001 +0000
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@@ -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}.