From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Yet another problem with default-text-properties Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 09:17:52 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200405200350.i4K3otO18738@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1085062103 5527 80.91.224.253 (20 May 2004 14:08:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:08:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu May 20 16:08:14 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BQoDW-0004y0-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 16:08:14 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BQoDV-0007Ub-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 16:08:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BQneH-0005LJ-Ue for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 09:31:50 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BQnRT-00022n-71 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 09:18:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BQnQo-0001uQ-6R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 09:18:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BQnQn-0001u1-Bi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 09:17:53 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BQnQm-0004yw-NV; Thu, 20 May 2004 09:17:52 -0400 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200405200350.i4K3otO18738@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Wed, 19 May 2004 22:50:55 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:23783 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23783 However, does this mean that whenever one constructs any strings, or calls any command that could be constructing strings, that are not directly related to the current buffer's mode, one should always bind default-text-properties to nil? I don't think so. The text properties of text in a string should mean the same as in a buffer. However, this means that default-text-properties probably should not have local bindings.