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 13:37:02 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200310010216.h912Ge027788@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200310010400.h9140bU27959@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 1064983220 15344 80.91.224.253 (1 Oct 2003 04:40:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 04:40:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 01 06:40:18 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 1A4Ymg-0004TC-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:40:18 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4Ymf-0001GH-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:40:17 +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 1A4YkL-0004Nf-Tn for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:37:53 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4YkD-0004N7-IL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:37:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A4Yje-0004E0-2x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:37:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.214] (helo=TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4Yjd-0004Dm-DI; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:37:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.184]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id h914b5g20301; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:37:06 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id h914b5x12447; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:37:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.17.201]) by mailsv3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id h914b4f27997; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:37:04 +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 NAA10778; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:37:03 +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 h914b3Rm013262; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:37:03 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id F05DB3701; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:37:02 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200310010400.h9140bU27959@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 15 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:16816 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16816 Luc Teirlinck writes: > OK I believe I understand now. It believe it is because the Info > buffer keeps visiting _different_ files during its lifetime. So it's pretty normal behavior. > 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. Can you say why you wanted to use overlays in this case? -Miles -- "1971 pickup truck; will trade for guns"