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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 9688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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".
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