From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13648: 24.3.50; remove-overlays bugs Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:50:45 +0100 Message-ID: <87r4kqvoze.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> References: <8738x8b1pa.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> <87y5f09bpk.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1360335071 22664 80.91.229.3 (8 Feb 2013 14:51:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:51:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13648@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 08 15:51:30 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pIY-00043i-96 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:51:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33820 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pIF-0006l4-Cb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:51:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pI8-0006iM-KB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:51:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pI3-0002P7-9p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:51:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pI3-0002P2-5l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:50:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pI6-0008H6-BN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:51:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13648 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13648-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13648.136033506131802 (code B ref 13648); Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13648) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Feb 2013 14:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43179 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pI1-0008Go-Jv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:51:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:54619) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3pHw-0008Ga-7T for 13648@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:50:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.10]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx002) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MUBZ6-1UUsb71VGE-00Qzib for <13648@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:50:47 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 08 Feb 2013 14:50:47 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F55F9C.versanet.de (EHLO rosalinde.fritz.box) [89.245.95.156] by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 08 Feb 2013 15:50:47 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19mFOYfkihmJAqR+NZSfk44Ol2geb7AO82iFyMQoL 92fk+YdOji3r6T In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:45:32 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:70886 Archived-At: On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:45:32 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Damn, I get tripped up by that a lot. And the fact that the empty >> string is an exception doesn't help to keep the difference in mind. >> Still, it is rather cumbersome to include appropriate let-bindings or >> calls to overlay-get for each string value in each use of >> remove-overlays, as opposed to adding a single equal-check to that. > > Generally the best solution is very different: add another property to > every overlay. E.g. smerge adds the property `smerge' with values like > `conflict' or `refine', so you can then (remove-overlays beg end > 'smerge 'refine) without caring about particular values of > `after-string' or any other property. Thanks, that sounds like a good strategy; I'll try it. Steve Berman