Re: Is there a save-outline-visibility excursion or so?

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

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> You may find it easier to work with `make-indirect-buffer' and
> `clone-indirect-buffer' (See Elisp manual).
>
> (I think) In the first case, the indirect buffer starts with no
> overlays.  In the second case, the indirect buffer starts with same
> *overlay values* as the first one.
>
> You can see that any visibility operation on the indirect buffer doesn't
> affect the visibility of the original buffer.
>
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Thanks for the tip, indirect buffers are exactly what I needed for
editing partly folded outshine buffers without changing visibility or
point-position. I reimplemented the relevant outshine function and now
it works as expected. 

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cheers,
Thorsten