From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6922: 23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 09:37:40 +0200 Message-ID: <83oace6p4r.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1282834016.22363.1391876553@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87wpr67ezy.fsf@mbork.pl> <837fj49lni.fsf@gnu.org> <83oace96rp.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453448304 17453 80.91.229.3 (22 Jan 2016 07:38:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:38:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mbork@mbork.pl, johnw@gnu.org, mt_void@warpmail.net, 6922@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 22 08:38:13 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWIO-0007pw-Dh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 08:38:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51135 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWIK-0004Sq-G1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:38:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44765) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWIH-0004Sg-4S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWID-0005kI-U9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:40469) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWID-0005kE-QL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:38:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWID-0007HF-JA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:38:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:38:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6922 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6922-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6922.145344826627954 (code B ref 6922); Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:38:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6922) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Jan 2016 07:37:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56922 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWHy-0007Gn-9v for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:37:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53756) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWHw-0007Gb-MU for 6922@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:37:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWHq-0005iq-Ne for 6922@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33392) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWHj-0005iF-BS; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:37:31 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4840 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aMWHc-00082Y-5N; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:37:24 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:24:37 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:111844 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: mbork@mbork.pl, johnw@gnu.org, 6922@debbugs.gnu.org, > mt_void@warpmail.net > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:24:37 -0500 > > > I am not sure that a read-only property on an overlay makes much sense. > > It is a strange thing to do. So I will fix the documentation. > > I don't remember why I wrote that. It was 6 years ago. My guess is > that I considered it strange to make certain text read-only > temporarily. If it isn't supposed to change, it should never change, > right? I see your point, thanks. What do others think?