[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el

[Richard M. Stallman]

Index: emacs/lisp/simple.el
diff -u emacs/lisp/simple.el:1.794 emacs/lisp/simple.el:1.795
--- emacs/lisp/simple.el:1.794  Sat Mar 11 17:01:47 2006
+++ emacs/lisp/simple.el        Mon Mar 20 15:08:28 2006
@@ -3196,6 +3196,9 @@
 \\[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\".
+
 Novice Emacs Lisp programmers often try to use the mark for the wrong
 purposes.  See the documentation of `set-mark' for more information."
   (interactive "P")