Variable: mark-even-if-inactive

mark-even-if-inactive is a customizable variable defined in callint.c.

Value

t

Documentation

Non-nil means you can use the mark even when inactive.

This option makes a difference in Transient Mark mode. When the option is non-nil, deactivation of the mark turns off region highlighting, but commands that use the mark behave as if the mark were still active.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.20.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/callint.c
  DEFVAR_LISP ("mark-even-if-inactive", Vmark_even_if_inactive,
	       doc: /* Non-nil means you can use the mark even when inactive.
This option makes a difference in Transient Mark mode.
When the option is non-nil, deactivation of the mark
turns off region highlighting, but commands that use the mark
behave as if the mark were still active.  */);