From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Werner LEMBERG Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [SPAM?]: Re: confusing info in C-u C-x = Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:07:03 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <20051120.230703.141856924.wl@gnu.org> References: <20051120.105550.163003414.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132524649 32152 80.91.229.2 (20 Nov 2005 22:10:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:10:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 20 23:10:48 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EdxNo-0001nF-2a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:10:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EdxNn-0002Tp-EL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:09:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EdxNa-0002Sp-UI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:09:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EdxNZ-0002SZ-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:09:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EdxNZ-0002SW-8X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:09:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.171] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EdxNZ-0005a2-0P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:09:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [84.175.128.102] (helo=rigel.site) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu6) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML29c-1EdxNX3Mnl-00012p; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:09:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rigel.site (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id jAKM73T5005517; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:07:04 +0100 Original-To: schwab@suse.de In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.54 on Emacs 22.0.50.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:2dc398bc694a1e60948148ba0a42c0da 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:46362 Archived-At: > > 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 = on a character in the *Help* buffer and still > get information on the text properties and overlays: For me (and probably many others) this information is completely useless. Either it should become more meaningful or it should be removed. Werner