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  CREATE_RANGE

     Returns a range that includes two delimiters and all the characters
     between them, and sets the video attributes for displaying the
     characters when they are visible on the screen.  A range delimiter can
     be a marker, the beginning or end of a line, or the beginning or end of
     a buffer.  The beginning and ending delimiters do not have to be of the
     same type.

  Syntax

     range := CREATE_RANGE ({marker1 | delimiting_keyword},
                            {marker2 | delimiting_keyword}
                            [, attribute_keyword])

  Parameters

      marker1              The marker marking the point in the buffer where
                           the range begins.

      marker2              The marker marking the point in the buffer where
                           the range ends.

      delimiting_keyword   A keyword indicating the point in the buffer
                           where you want the range to begin or end.  The
                           valid keywords and their meaning are as follows:

                           Keyword         Meaning
                           -------         -------
                           LINE_BEGIN      The beginning of the current
                                           buffer's current line.

                           LINE_END        The end of the current
                                           buffer's current line.

                           BUFFER_BEGIN    Line 1, offset 0 in the
                                           current buffer.  This is
                                           the first position where
                                           a character could be
                                           inserted, regardless of
                                           whether there is a character
                                           there.  This is the same as
                                           the point referred to by
                                           BEGINNING_OF (CURRENT_BUFFER).

                           BUFFER_END      The last position in the
                                           buffer where a character
                                           could be inserted, regardless
                                           of whether there is a character
                                           there.  This is the same as
                                           the point referred to by
                                           END_OF (CURRENT_BUFFER).

      attribute_keyword    The video attribute for the range:  BLINK, BOLD,
                           NONE, REVERSE, or UNDERLINE.  If you omit the
                           parameter, the default is NONE.

  Comments

     If a marker defining a range is a free marker, DECTPU creates a new
     bound marker, tied to the character or end-of-line nearest to the free
     marker, to use as the range delimiter.  Note that an end-of-line is not
     a character, but is a point to which a marker can be bound.

  Examples

     1.  my_range := CREATE_RANGE (first_marker, second_marker, UNDERLINE);

         Creates a range starting at FIRST_MARKER and ending at
         SECOND_MARKER.  If the range is visible on the screen, the
         characters in it are underlined.

     2.  the_range := CREATE_RANGE (BUFFER_BEGIN, mark2, REVERSE);

         Creates a range starting at the first point in the buffer where a
         character can be inserted and ending at the point marked by MARK2.
         If the range is visible on the screen, the characters in it are
         highlighted with the reverse video attribute.

  Related Topics

     MARK     MODIFY_RANGE
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