> From: "Drew Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:02:14 -0800 > > > A detail: The region exists always. > > No, it doesn't. When a buffer is created, at first it has no mark, so > there's no region. (Try e.g. "C-x C-x" in a freshly created buffer, > and you will see an error message saying there's no region.) You must > set the mark once to define the region. > > You're right, Eli. Once created, however, it normally exists forever, no?
Yes, AFAIK. > It *might* be worth pointing it out as a difference in terminology > somewhere - a "selection" is indeed thought of as something that is created > each time you select text. The language used to talk about "the region" is a > bit different. Right. _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
