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the beginning of the paragraph that surrounds or follows point, and puts |
the beginning of the paragraph that surrounds or follows point, and puts |
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the mark at the end of that paragraph (@pxref{Paragraphs}). It prepares |
the mark at the end of that paragraph (@pxref{Paragraphs}). It prepares |
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the region so you can indent, case-convert, or kill a whole paragraph. |
the region so you can indent, case-convert, or kill a whole paragraph. |
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The command also accepts a prefix argument. If the prefix argument |
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is positive, @kbd{M-h} marks that many paragraphs, the paragraph |
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surrounding point plus some following paragraphs. If the prefix |
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argument is negative, @kbd{M-h} also marks that many paragraphs, but |
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the preceding instead of the following paragraphs. (With a positive |
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argument, point is put at the beginning and mark at end, with a |
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negative argument, point is at end and mark at the beginning.) |
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@kbd{C-M-h} (@code{mark-defun}) similarly puts point before, and the |
@kbd{C-M-h} (@code{mark-defun}) similarly puts point before, and the |
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mark after, the current (or following) major top-level definition, or |
mark after, the current (or following) major top-level definition, or |