From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Text property 'intangible and fontification Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:48 -0500 Message-ID: References: <45E359A3.1080209@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172537170 17774 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2007 00:46:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 27 01:46:03 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HLqTi-00067P-LP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:46:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HLqTi-00046b-NU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:46:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HLqTY-00046W-Gx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HLqTW-00046K-5q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HLqTW-00046H-0R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:50 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts20.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.74] helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HLqTV-0001iB-I8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:49 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.12.210.227]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070227004548.ZQLK1637.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:48 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 87E87810C; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:48 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <45E359A3.1080209@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon\, 26 Feb 2007 23\:05\:23 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:66889 Archived-At: > I think I noticed a problem with nxml-mode (not part of Emacs) and > fontification when an overlay has the property 'intangible. Since `intangible' is known to have many adverse effects, it's important to describe this overlay: who made it, why, ... > nxml-mode does its own fontification since it anyway parses the buffer > contents. What should fontification code do when there are some overlays > like this? Or text properties. Should it let bind > inhibit-point-motion-hooks' to t, or? What does other fontification code do > in Emacs? I strongly recommend to not touch `intangible' even with a ten foot pole. Stefan