From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: confusing info in C-u C-x = Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:16:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20051120.105550.163003414.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132501717 1370 80.91.229.2 (20 Nov 2005 15:48:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:48:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 20 16:48:25 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EdrPo-0001bl-L8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:47:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EdrPn-0003M2-O7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:47:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Edqvm-0005mg-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:16:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Edqvk-0005ju-06 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:16:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Edqvj-0005j6-3M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:16:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=mx1.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EdqvZ-0007Yi-7L; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:16:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Relay1.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C41A5E7D0; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:16:23 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Werner LEMBERG X-Yow: I joined scientology at a garage sale!! In-Reply-To: <20051120.105550.163003414.wl@gnu.org> (Werner LEMBERG's message of "Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:55:50 +0100 (CET)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46340 Archived-At: Werner LEMBERG writes: > Pressing C-u C-x =3D on an underlined space character in mew shows this= : > > character: SPC (040, 32, 0x20, U+0020) > ... > > There is an overlay here: > From 14 to 15 > face [underline] > mew t > > ... > > What does the `From 14 to 15' mean? It is supposed to be the overlay start and end, but uses the overlay that has been put at the character in the help buffer instead of the original overlay. This was apparently a deliberate choice so that you can do C-u C-x =3D on a character in the *Help* buffer and still get information on = the text properties and overlays: 2004-05-05 Kenichi Handa * descr-text.el (describe-char): Copy the character with text properties and overlays into the first line, and call describe-text-properties on it. Unfortunately that has the side effect of losing the original overlay position. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED= 5 "And now for something completely different."