From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Overlay mechanic improvements Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:19:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411219468 26793 80.91.229.3 (20 Sep 2014 13:24:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:24:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: vekazanov@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 20 15:24:20 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1XVKeB-0008Jb-Jn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:24:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34606 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVKeB-0004bB-5u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43857) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVKe6-0004X5-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:24:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVKe5-0004dn-20 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:24:14 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47196) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVKe4-0004bw-Vu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:24:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVKZ4-0005qW-D4; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:19:02 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:22:43 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:174578 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] I don't see that it makes sense to store overlays like text properties. The existing data structure is fine for overlays used as they are intended to be used. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.