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(efaq)Highlighting a region

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How can I highlight a region of text in Emacs?
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   You can cause the region to be highlighted when the mark is active by
including

     (transient-mark-mode t)

in your `.emacs' file.  (Also see Note: Turning on syntax
highlighting.)