brian@unix.sri.com (10/27/88)
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