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@@ -349,17 +349,20 @@ each time, so you can mark the next two sexps with M-C-SPC M-C-SPC, for example. This feature also works for mark-end-of-sentence, if you bind that to a key. -** Repeating set-mark-command immediately, i.e. C-SPC C-SPC, will enable -transient-mark-mode temporarily if not already enabled. +** Some commands do something special in Transient Mark mode when the +mark is active--for instance, they limit their operation to the +region. Even if you don't normally use Transient Mark mode, you might +want to get this behavior from a particular command. There are two +ways you can enable Transient Mark mode temporarily, and activate the +mark, for one command only. + +One is to type C-SPC C-SPC; this also sets the mark. +The other is to type C-u C-x C-x. That does not set the mark. ** A prefix argument is no longer required to repeat a jump to a previous mark, i.e. C-u C-SPC C-SPC C-SPC ... will cycle through the mark ring. Use C-u C-u C-SPC to set the mark immediately after a jump. -** When the mark is active, and transient-mark-mode is not enabled, -C-u C-x C-x (exchange-point-and-mark) will temporarily activate -transient-mark-mode. - ** In the *Occur* buffer, `o' switches to it in another window, and C-o displays the current line's occurrence in another window without switching to it. |