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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: setnu.el / setnu+.el
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:56:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877j9o7e3u.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.20559.1135702971.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

> But the fact that the display property doesn't work unless it's a text
> property of an overlay's before- or after-string is not documented.

The `display' property works in other caqses as well.  But not the way
you expect: the `display' property causes the text covered by that property
to be replaced on-screen by what the display property says.
Of course, that makes sense for some values of the `display' property but
not for others.


        Stefan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-12-29  3:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.20010.1135147162.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-21 17:49 ` setnu.el / setnu+.el Stefan Monnier
2005-12-22  7:24   ` Drew Adams
2005-12-22 16:24     ` Kevin Rodgers
     [not found]     ` <mailman.20176.1135268751.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-22 17:57       ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-22 18:42         ` Drew Adams
2005-12-23 21:48         ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-12-23 21:57           ` Drew Adams
     [not found]         ` <mailman.20286.1135374622.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-26 16:44           ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-27 17:01             ` Kevin Rodgers
     [not found]             ` <mailman.20559.1135702971.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-29  3:56               ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.20287.1135375137.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-26 16:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-21  4:54 Sean Sieger
2005-12-21  5:12 ` Drew Adams
2005-12-21  5:22   ` Sean Sieger
2005-12-21  6:38     ` Drew Adams
2005-12-21 15:21       ` Sean Sieger
2005-12-21 17:11       ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-12-22  7:24         ` Drew Adams
2005-12-23  5:07 ` Sean Sieger

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