--- ./LYForms.c-pre-activemark	Thu Jan 18 20:20:42 2001
+++ ./LYForms.c	Thu Jan 18 21:40:18 2001
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ PRIVATE int form_getstr ARGS3(
 	    MyEdit.pos = LastTFPos;
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
 	if (MyEdit.pos == 0)
-	    MyEdit.mark = MyEdit.strlen;
+	    MyEdit.mark = -1 - MyEdit.strlen;	/* Do not show the region. */
 #endif
     }
     /* Try to prepare for setting position based on the last mouse event */
--- ./LYStrings.c-pre-activemark	Thu Jan 18 21:14:06 2001
+++ ./LYStrings.c	Thu Jan 18 22:07:10 2001
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ PUBLIC void LYSetupEdit ARGS4(
     Margin  = 0;
     Pos = strlen(old);
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
-    Mark = 0;
+    Mark = -1;			/* pos=0, but do not show it yet */
 #endif
     DspStart = 0;
 
@@ -2744,6 +2744,10 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
 	    if (Mark > Pos)
 		Mark++;
+	    else if (Mark < -1 - Pos)
+		Mark--;
+	    if (Mark >= 0)
+		Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Disable it */
 #endif
 	    for(i = length; i >= Pos; i--)    /* Make room */
 		Buf[i+1] = Buf[i];
@@ -2773,6 +2777,10 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
 	    if (Mark > Pos)
 		Mark++;
+	    else if (Mark < -1 - Pos)
+		Mark--;
+	    if (Mark >= 0)
+		Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Disable it */
 #endif
 	    for(i = length; i >= Pos; i--)    /* Make room */
 		Buf[i+1] = Buf[i];
@@ -2857,7 +2865,7 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	 */
 	 Buf[0] = '\0';
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
-	Mark = 0;
+	Mark = -1;		/* Do not show the mark */
 #endif
 	 /* fall through */
 
@@ -2946,8 +2954,10 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	if (length == 0 || Pos == 0)
 	    break;
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
-	if (Mark >= Pos)
-	    Mark--;
+	if (Mark >= 0)
+	    Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Disable it */
+	if (Mark <= -1 - Pos)
+	    Mark++;
 #endif
 	Pos--;
 	for (i = Pos; i < length; i++)
@@ -2968,6 +2978,12 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	    for (i = Pos; i < length; i++)
 		Buf[i] = Buf[i + offset];
 	    i -= offset;
+#ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
+            if (Mark >= 0)
+                Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Disable it */
+            if (Mark <= -1 - Pos)
+                Mark += offset;
+#endif
 	}
 #endif /* SUPPORT_MULTIBYTE_EDIT */
 	Buf[i] = 0;
@@ -3021,8 +3037,12 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	    return(ch);
 	if (Pos == length)
 	    Pos--;
+	if (Mark < 0)
+	    Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Temporary enable it */
 	if (Mark == Pos || Mark == Pos+1)
 	    Mark = Pos-1;
+	if (Mark >= 0)
+	    Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Disable it */
 	if (Buf[Pos-1] == Buf[Pos]) {
 	    Pos++;
 	    break;
@@ -3041,6 +3061,8 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	/*
 	 *  emacs-like exchange-point-and-mark
 	 */
+	if (Mark < 0)
+	    Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Enable it */
 	if (Mark == Pos)
 	    return(0);
 	i = Pos; Pos = Mark; Mark = i;
@@ -3050,6 +3072,8 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	/*
 	 *  primitive emacs-like kill-region
 	 */
+	if (Mark < 0)
+	    Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Enable it */
 	if (Mark == Pos) {
 	    killbuffer[0] = '\0';
 	    return(0);
@@ -3066,6 +3090,8 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	    Buf[i] = Buf[i+reglen]; /* terminate */
 	    Pos = Mark;
 	}
+	if (Mark >= 0)
+	    Mark = -1 - Mark;		/* Disable it */
 	break;
 
     case LYE_YANK:
@@ -3073,14 +3099,14 @@ PUBLIC int LYEdit1 ARGS4(
 	 *  primitive emacs-like yank
 	 */
 	if (!killbuffer[0]) {
-	    Mark = Pos;
+	    Mark = -1 - Pos;
 	    return(0);
 	}
 	{
 	    int yanklen = strlen(killbuffer);
 
 	    if (Pos+yanklen <= (MaxLen) && StrLen+yanklen <= (MaxLen)) {
-		Mark = Pos;
+		Mark = -1 - Pos;
 
 		for(i = length; i >= Pos; i--)    /* Make room */
 		    Buf[i+yanklen] = Buf[i];
@@ -3305,16 +3331,16 @@ PUBLIC void LYRefreshEdit ARGS1(
 	    addch('*');
     } else {
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
-	if (DspStart > Mark)
+	if (Mark >= 0 && DspStart > Mark)
 	    TmpStyleOn(prompting ? s_prompt_sel : s_aedit_sel);
 #endif
 	for (i = 0; i < nrdisplayed; i++) {
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
-	    if ( (DspStart + i == Mark && Pos > Mark)
-		 || (DspStart + i == Pos && Pos < Mark) )
+	    if ( Mark >= 0 && ((DspStart + i == Mark && Pos > Mark)
+			       || (DspStart + i == Pos && Pos < Mark) ))
 		TmpStyleOn(prompting ? s_prompt_sel : s_aedit_sel);
-	    if ( (DspStart + i == Mark && Pos < Mark)
-		 || (DspStart + i == Pos && Pos > Mark) )
+	    if ( Mark >= 0 && ((DspStart + i == Mark && Pos < Mark)
+			       || (DspStart + i == Pos && Pos > Mark) ))
 		TmpStyleOff(prompting ? s_prompt_sel : s_aedit_sel);
 #endif
 	    if ((buffer[0] = str[i]) == 1 || buffer[0] == 2 ||
@@ -3351,8 +3377,10 @@ PUBLIC void LYRefreshEdit ARGS1(
 	    }
 	}
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
-	if ((DspStart + nrdisplayed <= Mark && DspStart + nrdisplayed > Pos)
-	    || (DspStart + nrdisplayed > Mark && DspStart + nrdisplayed <= Pos))
+	if (Mark >= 0 &&
+	    ((DspStart + nrdisplayed <= Mark && DspStart + nrdisplayed > Pos)
+	     || (DspStart + nrdisplayed > Mark
+		 && DspStart + nrdisplayed <= Pos)))
 	    TmpStyleOff(prompting ? s_prompt_sel : s_aedit_sel);
 #endif
     }
--- ./LYStrings.h-pre-activemark	Sun Oct 15 21:40:58 2000
+++ ./LYStrings.h	Thu Jan 18 21:39:50 2001
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ typedef struct _EditFieldData {
         int  margin;    /* Number of columns look-ahead/look-back    */
         int  current_modifiers; /* Modifiers for next input lynxkeycode */
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
-	int  mark;	/* position of emacs-like mark */
+	int  mark;	/* position of emacs-like mark, or -1-pos to denote
+				unactive mark.  */
 #endif
 
         char buffer[1024]; /* String buffer                          */