From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info mutilates user overlays. Date: 01 Oct 2003 11:26:30 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200310010216.h912Ge027788@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064975524 4115 80.91.224.253 (1 Oct 2003 02:32:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 02:32:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 01 04:32:02 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 1A4WmY-0000bP-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:32:02 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4WmY-0000ub-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:32:02 +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 1A4WiM-0005KS-0n for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:27:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4Why-0005Ji-7c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4WhR-0005Ax-4j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:27:17 -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 1A4WhQ-0005AK-Oj; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:26:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [210.143.35.52] (helo=TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4WhN-0007xb-U8; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:26:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.184]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id h912QZl25099; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:26:35 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id h912QZn18210; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:26:35 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.17.201]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id h912QYA16625; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:26:34 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.9.3p2+3.2W/3.7W_EDC_Ver.1.0) with ESMTP id LAA26431; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:26:34 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id h912QURm011783; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:26:33 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id A9FF63701; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:26:30 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200310010216.h912Ge027788@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 12 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:16813 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16813 Luc Teirlinck writes: > Is there a reason for the behavior of Info, described below? It > prevents the user from using his own overlays, as well as from using > any Emacs feature that uses overlays, in Info buffers. 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. -miles -- .Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.