Re: doc string for `yank' should mention "paste"

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:02:14 -0800
> 
>     > A detail: The region exists always.
> 
>     No, it doesn't.  When a buffer is created, at first it has no mark, so
>     there's no region.  (Try e.g. "C-x C-x" in a freshly created buffer,
>     and you will see an error message saying there's no region.)  You must
>     set the mark once to define the region.
> 
> You're right, Eli. Once created, however, it normally exists forever, no?

Yes, AFAIK.

> It *might* be worth pointing it out as a difference in terminology
> somewhere - a "selection" is indeed thought of as something that is created
> each time you select text. The language used to talk about "the region" is a
> bit different.

Right.