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>>>>> "Florian" == Florian von Savigny <florian265@uboot.com> writes:
> That kindles me to ask if there is no function to set the text
> properties for a (sub)string. The available functions which set text
> properties seem to work only on buffers.

Huh?  They pretty much all work on both.  See the `object' argument.


        Stefan