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Article #1951Re: WANTED: highlight-region code
From: Mike Sentipal
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:52
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:52
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In a previous article, ratinox@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu (Richard Pieri) says:
>I'm looking for some generic code to highlight a region. I've tried
Here are some functions from ispell.el:
(defun highlight-region (p1 p2)
"Highlight the current region. You may have to rewrite this for your
particular terminal."
(interactive "r")
(let ((s (buffer-substring p1 p2))
(inverse-video t))
(delete-region p1 p2)
(sit-for 0)
(insert s)
(sit-for 0)))
(defun unhighlight-region (p1 p2)
"Unhighlight the current region. See highlight-region."
(interactive "r")
(let ((s (buffer-substring p1 p2))
(inverse-video nil))
(delete-region p1 p2)
(sit-for 0)
(insert s)
(sit-for 0)))
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Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ysu.edu!do-not-reply-to-path From: ah663@yfn.ysu.edu (Mike Sentipal) Subject: Re: WANTED: highlight-region code Message-ID: <1992Dec14.235228.17410@news.ysu.edu> Sender: news@news.ysu.edu (Usenet News Admin) Nntp-Posting-Host: yfn.ysu.edu Reply-To: ah663@yfn.ysu.edu (Mike Sentipal) Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH References: <RATINOX.92Dec12102156@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:52:28 GMT Lines: 32