From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display' Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:37:56 +0100 Message-ID: <86irduw0sr.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <87sldbtd50.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> <87hctraqhh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hctq6eyd.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> <861wkucyxw.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87ps8e9k8e.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> <87vehu99x7.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> <863b4yxvu3.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87ps82gwdi.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> <86mz36wbvc.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87hctegtxt.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172165903 505 80.91.229.12 (22 Feb 2007 17:38:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:38:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniel Brockman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 22 18:38:16 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HKHtW-0007NF-JH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:38:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHtW-0003SO-4o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:38:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHtK-0003Q1-GH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:38:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHtI-0003OE-KY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:38:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHtI-0003O5-Cq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:38:00 -0500 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HKHtH-0006VP-RC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:38:00 -0500 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (pd95b0fdb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.91.15.219]) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA05007 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:37:48 +0100 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 7756 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2007 17:37:57 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 22 Feb 2007 17:37:57 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0C02423889; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:37:56 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87hctegtxt.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> (Daniel Brockman's message of "Thu\, 22 Feb 2007 15\:15\:10 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:66635 Archived-At: Daniel Brockman writes: > How can an overlay with identical start and end points > display anything? Using the display property. Are you sure that you understand the difference between overlays and text properties? Text properties are bound to characters, overlays to buffer positions. -- David Kastrup