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 23:00:37 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200310010400.h9140bU27959@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200310010216.h912Ge027788@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064981526 13380 80.91.224.253 (1 Oct 2003 04:12:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 04:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 01 06:12:04 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 1A4YLM-0003a3-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:12:04 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4YLM-00019j-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:12:04 +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 1A4YJ8-0004qV-F4 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:09:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4YJ1-0004q8-Fk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:09:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4YIV-0004l3-Hn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:09:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1A4YIV-0004l0-7q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:09:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4YE5-0007tW-Sz; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:04:34 -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 h9144OAJ014190; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:04:24 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id h9140bU27959; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:00:37 -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:16815 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16815 >>From my own previous reply: Is there a reason for this? Why does Info, or why would any other special buffer, _need_ to do this? OK I believe I understand now. It believe it is because the Info buffer keeps visiting _different_ files during its lifetime. I nevertheless believe this should be pointed out in the Elisp manual in the section on overlays, unless we could think of some way to get around the problem. Sincerely, Luc.