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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v |
Date: |
Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:50:47 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz> 07/04/09 07:50:47
Index: simple.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/simple.el,v
retrieving revision 1.855
retrieving revision 1.856
diff -u -b -r1.855 -r1.856
--- simple.el 3 Apr 2007 11:10:09 -0000 1.855
+++ simple.el 9 Apr 2007 07:50:46 -0000 1.856
@@ -3203,28 +3203,28 @@
:group 'editing)
(defun set-mark-command (arg)
- "Set mark at where point is, or jump to mark.
-With no prefix argument, set mark, and push old mark position on local
-mark ring; also push mark on global mark ring if last mark was set in
+ "Set mark where point is, or jump to mark.
+Setting the mark also sets the \"region\", which is the closest
+equivalent in Emacs to what some editors call the \"selection\".
+
+With no prefix argument, set mark and push old mark position on local
+mark ring. Also, push mark on global mark ring, if last mark was set in
another buffer. Immediately repeating the command activates
`transient-mark-mode' temporarily.
-With argument, e.g. \\[universal-argument] \\[set-mark-command], \
-jump to mark, and pop a new position
-for mark off the local mark ring \(this does not affect the global
-mark ring\). Use \\[pop-global-mark] to jump to a mark off the global
+With prefix argument \(e.g., \\[universal-argument] \\[set-mark-command]\), \
+jump to mark, and set mark from
+position popped off the local mark ring \(this does not affect the global
+mark ring\). Use \\[pop-global-mark] to jump to a mark popped off the global
mark ring \(see `pop-global-mark'\).
If `set-mark-command-repeat-pop' is non-nil, repeating
-the \\[set-mark-command] command with no prefix pops the next position
+the \\[set-mark-command] command with no prefix argument pops the next position
off the local (or global) mark ring and jumps there.
-With a double \\[universal-argument] prefix argument, e.g.
\\[universal-argument] \
-\\[universal-argument] \\[set-mark-command], unconditionally
-set mark where point is.
-
-Setting the mark also sets the \"region\", which is the closest
-equivalent in Emacs to what some editors call the \"selection\".
+With a double \\[universal-argument] prefix argument \(e.g.,
\\[universal-argument] \
+\\[universal-argument] \\[set-mark-command]\), unconditionally
+set mark where point is, even if `set-mark-command-repeat-pop' is non-nil.
Novice Emacs Lisp programmers often try to use the mark for the wrong
purposes. See the documentation of `set-mark' for more information."
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/04/03
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v, Richard M. Stallman, 2007/04/21
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v, Richard M. Stallman, 2007/04/23
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v, Richard M. Stallman, 2007/04/23