mark.texi   [plain text]  @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Mark,
Killing, Help, Top @chapter The Mark and the Region @cindex mark
@cindex setting a mark @cindex region    Many Emacs commands
operate on an arbitrary contiguous part of the you set @dfn{the
mark} at one end of it, and move point to the other end.  The
text between point and the mark is called @dfn{the region}.
Emacs highlights the region whenever there is one, if you enable
Transient Mark mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}).    You can move
point or the mark to adjust the boundaries of the region. It
doesn't matter which one is set first chronologically, or which
one comes earlier in the text.  Once the mark has been set, it
remains where you put it until you set it again at another
place.  Each Emacs buffer has its own mark, so that when you
return to a buffer that had been selected previously, it has the
same mark it had before.    Many commands that insert text, such
as @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}