Basic docs for marking

docs/index.rst

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 names are arbitrary strings, so you can define as many such buffers as you
 need.
 
+Marks
+-------------
+
+kitty has the ability to mark text on the screen based on regular expressions.
+This can be useful to highlight words or phrases when browsing output from long
+running programs or similar. To learn how this feature works, see :doc:`marks`.
+
+
 Frequently Asked Questions
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docs/marks.rst

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+Marks
+=================
+
+
+kitty has the ability to mark text on the screen based on regular expressions.
+This can be useful to highlight words or phrases when browsing output from long
+running programs or similar. Lets start with a few examples:
+
+Suppose we want to be able to highlight the word ERROR in the current window.
+Add the following to :file:`kitty.conf`::
+
+    map f1 toggle_marker text 1 ERROR
+
+Now when you press :kbd:`F1` all instances of the word :code:`ERROR` will be
+highlighted. To turn off the highlighting, press :kbd:`F1` again.
+If you want to make it case-insensitive, use::
+
+    map f1 toggle_marker itext 1 ERROR
+
+To make it match only complete words, use::
+
+    map f1 toggle_marker regex 1 \bERROR\b
+
+Suppose you want to highlight both :code:`ERROR` and :code:`WARNING`, case
+insensitively::
+
+    map f1 toggle_marker iregex 1 \bERROR\b 2 \bWARNING\b
+
+kitty supports up to 3 mark groups (the numbers in the commands above). You
+can control the colors used for these groups in :file:`kitty.conf` with::
+
+    mark1_foreground red
+    mark1_background gray
+    mark2_foreground green
+    ...