*** textprop.c.~1.145.~	2006-04-15 18:10:14.000000000 +0200
--- textprop.c	2006-04-15 20:46:19.116514478 +0200
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*** 1602,1610 ****
  	}
      }
  
-   if (BUFFERP (object))
-     modify_region (XBUFFER (object), XINT (start), XINT (end));
- 
    /* We are at the beginning of an interval, with len to scan */
    for (;;)
      {
--- 1602,1607 ----
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*** 1614,1623 ****
        if (LENGTH (i) >= len)
  	{
  	  if (! interval_has_some_properties_list (properties, i))
! 	    return modified ? Qt : Qnil;
  
  	  if (LENGTH (i) == len)
  	    {
  	      remove_properties (Qnil, properties, i, object);
  	      if (BUFFERP (object))
  		signal_after_change (XINT (start), XINT (end) - XINT (start),
--- 1611,1630 ----
        if (LENGTH (i) >= len)
  	{
  	  if (! interval_has_some_properties_list (properties, i))
! 	    if (modified)
! 	      {
! 		if (BUFFERP (object))
! 		  signal_after_change (XINT (start), XINT (end) - XINT (start),
! 				       XINT (end) - XINT (start));
! 		return Qt;
! 	      }
! 	    else
! 	      return Qnil;
  
  	  if (LENGTH (i) == len)
  	    {
+ 	      if (!modified && BUFFERP (object))
+ 		modify_region (XBUFFER (object), XINT (start), XINT (end));
  	      remove_properties (Qnil, properties, i, object);
  	      if (BUFFERP (object))
  		signal_after_change (XINT (start), XINT (end) - XINT (start),
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*** 1629,1634 ****
--- 1636,1643 ----
  	  unchanged = i;
  	  i = split_interval_left (i, len);
  	  copy_properties (unchanged, i);
+ 	  if (!modified && BUFFERP (object))
+ 	    modify_region (XBUFFER (object), XINT (start), XINT (end));
  	  remove_properties (Qnil, properties, i, object);
  	  if (BUFFERP (object))
  	    signal_after_change (XINT (start), XINT (end) - XINT (start),
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*** 1636,1641 ****
--- 1645,1653 ----
  	  return Qt;
  	}
  
+       if (!modified && BUFFERP (object)
+ 	  && interval_has_some_properties_list (properties, i))
+ 	modify_region (XBUFFER (object), XINT (start), XINT (end));
        len -= LENGTH (i);
        modified += remove_properties (Qnil, properties, i, object);
        i = next_interval (i);