From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info mutilates user overlays. Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:40:19 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200310010240.h912eJg27819@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200310010216.h912Ge027788@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064976393 5000 80.91.224.253 (1 Oct 2003 02:46:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 02:46:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 01 04:46:31 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4X0Z-0000xD-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:46:31 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4X0Z-0000wH-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:46:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4WzS-0001uh-T5 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:45:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4WzJ-0001uQ-S7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:45:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4Wyn-0001sd-0f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:45:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4WyF-0001qk-Lz; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:44:07 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h912i6AJ014085; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:44:06 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id h912eJg27819; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:40:19 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: miles@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Miles Bader on 01 Oct 2003 11:26:30 +0900) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16814 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16814 Miles Bader wrote: Um, is user overlays in an *info* buffer considered an important feature?!? My general impression is that you can't rely on such things in `special' buffers. That would mean that no Emacs package could use overlays, except in buffers it manages itself. At the very least that should be pointed out in the Elisp section on overlays. That would really tremendously limit the usefulness of overlays. Is there a reason for this? Why does Info, or why would any other special buffer, _need_ to do this? Sincerely, Luc.