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Contradiction in manual page "The Mark and the Region"

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Message #8 received at 9689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 9689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9689: Contradiction in manual page "The Mark and the Region"
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:40:36 -0400

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

> In manual page "The Mark and the Region", an "active mark" is defined as
> the region being highlighted.
>
> Lower down the page, it says that with transient-mark-mode disabled, the
> mark is always active.  This use of "active" contradicts the definition
> given above.
>
> This could be fixed by redefining "active" to mean "you can use commands
> which use the mark", or something like that.
>
> Alternatively, one could say that with t-m-m disabled, "the mark is
> always inactive, but you can always use in commands".
>
> Second alternative:  With transient-mark-mode disabled "the region is not
> highlighted at all".

Thanks; I've reworded this text.

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