changeset 68457:f54ada46e59e

(Selective Undo): New node, text moved from basic.texi. (Mark): Put it in the menu.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:58:41 +0000
parents 53cd4aa49c0e
children eab2da67a471
files man/mark.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/mark.texi	Sun Jan 29 16:56:11 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/mark.texi	Sun Jan 29 16:58:41 2006 +0000
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 			  when there is one.
 * Momentary Mark::      Enabling Transient Mark mode momentarily.
 * Using Region::	Summary of ways to operate on contents of the region.
+* Selective Undo::      Undoing within a given region.
 * Marking Objects::	Commands to put region around textual units.
 * Mark Ring::   	Previous mark positions saved so you can go back there.
 * Global Mark Ring::    Previous mark positions in various buffers.
@@ -297,11 +298,31 @@
 Print hardcopy with @kbd{M-x print-region} (@pxref{Printing}).
 @item
 Evaluate it as Lisp code with @kbd{M-x eval-region} (@pxref{Lisp Eval}).
+@item
+Undo changes within it using @kbd{C-u C-x u} (@pxref{Selective Undo}).
 @end itemize
 
   Most commands that operate on the text in the region have the word
 @code{region} in their names.
 
+@node Selective Undo
+@section Selective Undo
+
+@cindex selective undo
+@kindex C-u C-x u
+  Ordinary undo applies to all changes made in the current buffer.  You
+can also perform @dfn{selective undo}, limited to the current region
+(@pxref{Mark}).
+
+  To do this, specify the region you want, then run the @code{undo}
+command with a prefix argument (the value does not matter): @kbd{C-u
+C-x u} or @kbd{C-u C-_}.  This undoes the most recent change in the
+region.  To undo further changes in the same region, repeat the
+@code{undo} command (no prefix argument is needed).  In Transient Mark
+mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}), any use of @code{undo} when there is an
+active region performs selective undo; you do not need a prefix
+argument.
+
 @node Marking Objects
 @section Commands to Mark Textual Objects