* Marker Insertion Types:: Two ways a marker can relocate when you
insert where it points.
* Moving Markers:: Moving the marker to a new buffer or position.
-* The Mark:: How ``the mark'' is implemented with a marker.
-* The Region:: How to access ``the region''.
+* The Mark:: How the mark is implemented with a marker.
+* The Region:: How to access the region.
@end menu
@node Overview of Markers
Each buffer has a special marker, which is designated @dfn{the
mark}. When a buffer is newly created, this marker exists but does
-not point anywhere; this means that the mark ``doesn't exist'' in that
+not point anywhere; this means that the mark doesn't exist in that
buffer yet. Subsequent commands can set the mark.
The mark specifies a position to bound a range of text for many
because this enables the user to move back there conveniently after
the replace is finished.
- Once the mark ``exists'' in a buffer, it normally never ceases to
+ Once the mark exists in a buffer, it normally never ceases to
exist. However, it may become @dfn{inactive}, if Transient Mark mode
is enabled. The buffer-local variable @code{mark-active}, if
non-@code{nil}, means that the mark is active. A command can call the
@end defvar
@defun handle-shift-selection
-This function implements the ``shift-selection'' behavior of
+This function implements the shift-selection behavior of
point-motion commands. @xref{Shift Selection,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs
Manual}. It is called automatically by the Emacs command loop
whenever a command with a @samp{^} character in its @code{interactive}
@node The Region
@section The Region
-@c The index entry must be just ``region'' to make it the first hit
-@c when the user types ``i region RET'', because otherwise the Info
+@c The index entry must be just "region" to make it the first hit
+@c when the user types "i region RET", because otherwise the Info
@c reader will present substring matches in alphabetical order,
@c putting this one near the end, with something utterly unrelated as
@c the first hit.