> 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?
Anyway, as I say, this detail can be ignored here.
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.
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