From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Herbert Euler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Description of `buffer-invisibility-spec' in info page Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:04:30 +0800 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1175227547 21980 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2007 04:05:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:05:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: herberteuler@hotmail.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 30 06:05:37 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 1HX8MJ-0004qp-GR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:05:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HX8Ox-0005s4-L3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:07:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HX8OW-0005am-8g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:07:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HX8OU-0005Wp-Gt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:07:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HX8OU-0005W3-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:07:18 -0500 Original-Received: from bay0-omc2-s19.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HX8Lp-0001dO-Bi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:04:33 -0400 Original-Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.154.99]) by bay0-omc2-s19.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:04:31 -0700 Original-Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:04:31 -0700 Original-Received: from 65.55.154.123 by by143fd.bay143.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:04:30 GMT X-Originating-IP: [202.165.107.100] X-Originating-Email: [herberteuler@hotmail.com] X-Sender: herberteuler@hotmail.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Mar 2007 04:04:31.0713 (UTC) FILETIME=[850FBD10:01C77280] X-detected-kernel: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ 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:68769 Archived-At: Description of `buffer-invisibility-spec' in info page (info "(elisp) Invisible Text") is subtlely misleading. For a cons cell, it says: `(ATOM . t)' A character is invisible if its `invisible' property value is ATOM or if it is a list with ATOM as a member. Moreover, if this character is at the end of a line and is followed by a visible newline, it displays an ellipsis. But "at the end of a line" and "followed by a visible newline" are not necessary. For example, evaluating the following expressions gets an ellipsis in the *scratch* buffer: (add-to-invisibility-spec '(with-ellipsis . t)) (make-overlay 1 3) (let ((o (car (overlays-at 1)))) (overlay-put o 'invisible 'with-ellipsis)) Regards, Guanpeng Xu _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/