GNU bug report logs - #9688
Misleading documentation in "Persistent Mark".

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:16:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Misleading documentation in "Persistent Mark".
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:10:23 +0000

Hi, Emacs.

The chapter "Persistent Mark" in the Emacs manual is misleading.

The chapter title suggests that the mark is otherwise transient.  This is
not the case by default, since `mark-even-if-inactive' is non-nil by
default.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 9688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9688: Misleading documentation in "Persistent Mark".
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:27 -0400

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

> The chapter "Persistent Mark" in the Emacs manual is misleading.
>
> The chapter title suggests that the mark is otherwise transient.  This is
> not the case by default, since `mark-even-if-inactive' is non-nil by
> default.

Fair enough; renamed to "Disabled Transient Mark".
bug closed, send any further explanations to 9688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:41:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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