From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About intervals
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:04:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ehfb1ftg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130319191805.430cfbcba6d14eeef2a1c852@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:18:05 +0800
> From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
>
> In (info "(elisp) Not Intervals"), it says that some editors let the
> user specify "intervals" within the text. But it doesn't explain what
> "intervals" are. I'm new to this concept.
>
> I searched "interval and property" and "editor interval" in the list
> archives and web but didn't get anything that looked promising.
>
> Can I get a pointer to information on this concept? Sorry if it's off
> topic here.
Why do you expect the Emacs manual describe "other editors"? ;-)
Anyway, I think it is alluding to XEmacs's "extents". If you want to
know what that is, read XEmacs manuals.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-19 17:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-19 11:18 About intervals Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-19 17:04 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] <mailman.22454.1363691901.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-03-19 15:17 ` Helmut Eller
2013-03-19 22:41 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-20 0:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-20 10:25 ` Xue Fuqiao
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