[debbugs-tracker] bug#19841: closed (25.0.50; Doc for `transient-mark-mode' should say that highlighting is with face `region')

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say that highlighting is with     face `region'
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #19841,
regarding 25.0.50; Doc for `transient-mark-mode' should say that highlighting 
is with face `region'
to be marked as done.

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> 25.0.50; Doc for `transient-mark-mode' should say that highlighting is with face `region'
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> Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:32:24 -0800 (PST)
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> Please update the doc string, the Emacs manual, node `Disabled Transient
> Mark', and the Elisp manual, node `The Mark'.
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> While you're at it, please so likewise for the Elisp manual node `The
> Region'.  (At least Emacs manual node `Mark' mentions it.)
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> It is not obvious to users which face they can customize to change the
> `transient-mark-mode' highlighting.
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> This thread is one indication of the need for this improvement:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2015-02/msg00236.html
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> In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
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> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
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> > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:52:56 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
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> > Wouldn't it be good to xref node Standard Faces for this?
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> I thought about that, but when I looked at the corresponding nodes, it
> didn't look useful: the nodes are very large, and a single sentence
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> > And in the case of `transient-mark-mode' and the `region'
> > face, the connection is not at all obvious.
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> The region is mentioned.  In any case, I presume a user who wants to
> find the face will simply go to "Standard Faces".
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> > Anyway, feel free to close the bug
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> Done.
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