From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17507: Documentation for `add-text-property' and relatives Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:04:34 -0700 Message-ID: <87sgq0q3l9.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <21365.44878.936634.958813@home.barzilay.org> <87a7cbti4n.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <83k1beqz6f.fsf@gnu.org> <837e7dpkfj.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="203226"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 17507@debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Barzilay To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 16 22:05:14 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiTF-000qeR-KO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:05:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59606 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiTE-0005SJ-G9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50608) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiT9-0005SA-9i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:05:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiT8-0000m3-7r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46113) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiT8-0000ly-4z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:05:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiT7-0007Wr-VC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:05:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 20:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17507 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 17507-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17507.156598588628915 (code B ref 17507); Fri, 16 Aug 2019 20:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17507) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Aug 2019 20:04:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54934 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiSs-0007WH-29 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:36988) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiSq-0007W9-4S for 17507@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:04:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [50.225.213.182] (helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hyiSk-0000LK-Me; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:04:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: <837e7dpkfj.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:46:08 +0300") 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: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:165225 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > In Emacs, text properties are stored separately from the text itself. > In particular, text properties of a string are not part of the string > text, they live in a separate structure, and a string only maintains a > reference to that structure. Well, isn't that the same thing conceptually as the properties being in the string object? However things are arranged internally (with a reference to a different struct or being in the in the same struct), from the Emacs Lisp side of thing, the string object has properties. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no