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diff --git a/doc/lispref/markers.texi b/doc/lispref/markers.texi index 4f25b91506e..3eaba419034 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/markers.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/markers.texi @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ deleted, so that it stays with the two characters on either side of it. * Marker Insertion Types:: Two ways a marker can relocate when you insert where it points. * Moving Markers:: Moving the marker to a new buffer or position. -* The Mark:: How ``the mark'' is implemented with a marker. -* The Region:: How to access ``the region''. +* The Mark:: How the mark is implemented with a marker. +* The Region:: How to access the region. @end menu @node Overview of Markers @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ This is another name for @code{set-marker}. Each buffer has a special marker, which is designated @dfn{the mark}. When a buffer is newly created, this marker exists but does -not point anywhere; this means that the mark ``doesn't exist'' in that +not point anywhere; this means that the mark doesn't exist in that buffer yet. Subsequent commands can set the mark. The mark specifies a position to bound a range of text for many @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ sets the mark to the value of point before doing any replacements, because this enables the user to move back there conveniently after the replace is finished. - Once the mark ``exists'' in a buffer, it normally never ceases to + Once the mark exists in a buffer, it normally never ceases to exist. However, it may become @dfn{inactive}, if Transient Mark mode is enabled. The buffer-local variable @code{mark-active}, if non-@code{nil}, means that the mark is active. A command can call the @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ This piece of command_loop_1, run unless deactivating the mark: @end defvar @defun handle-shift-selection -This function implements the ``shift-selection'' behavior of +This function implements the shift-selection behavior of point-motion commands. @xref{Shift Selection,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. It is called automatically by the Emacs command loop whenever a command with a @samp{^} character in its @code{interactive} @@ -661,8 +661,8 @@ more marks than this are pushed onto the @code{mark-ring}, @node The Region @section The Region -@c The index entry must be just ``region'' to make it the first hit -@c when the user types ``i region RET'', because otherwise the Info +@c The index entry must be just "region" to make it the first hit +@c when the user types "i region RET", because otherwise the Info @c reader will present substring matches in alphabetical order, @c putting this one near the end, with something utterly unrelated as @c the first hit. |