Apparently overlays have a "window" property, which when set, will display the overlay only in the relevant window. I've noticed however that sometimes it gets set to t. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Tassilo Horn > > Cc: esabof@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 13887@debbugs.gnu.org > > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:27:16 +0100 > > > > So the multiple overlays thingy is actually intended. But somewhere the > > logic goes wonky and we're acting on the wrong overlay. > > What is the "right" overlay? >