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Subject: Highlighting text
Summary: Help
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Date: 27 Oct 88 16:37:02 GMT
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I would like a command which temporarily highlights the text between
mark and point, and another to restore the text to normal.  I don't
need the highlight to last past the next typed character or screen
scroll, so I don't need to worry about preserving the highlight
characteristic at all.

Is there a true emacs way to do this?  Playing with the inverse-video
command (I've forgotten the function's name, sorry) stays on as the
screen or line is redrawn, and too much text ends up getting reversed.

Is there a way to output a single character at the mark in overwrite
mode?  I can't figure out how to use overwrite from elisp.  This would
combine with the existing highlight command to do what I want.

Failing a true emacs way, can anyone suggest a Sun dependant technique,
such as sending control characters to turn highlight on and off even if
emacs is unaware of it?

Thanks, B<		orawest!brian@unix.sri.com