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: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:48:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871tr6qup8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87ppepne6d.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411336153 8024 80.91.229.3 (21 Sep 2014 21:49:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 21:49:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 21 23:49:05 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 1XVp0A-00025C-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2014 23:49:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41074 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVp0A-0000lU-Ft for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56437) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVozj-0000Uo-MC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:48:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVozi-0007Qm-Oe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:48:35 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42476) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVozi-0007Np-Ku for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:48:34 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVozc-0003d5-NX; Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:48:28 -0400 In-reply-to: <87ppepne6d.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from David Kastrup on Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:14:50 +0200) 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:174628 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. ]]] Supporting after/before_string with text properties would be really weird as inserting text in the middle of some text with the respective properties would cause those strings to appear ex nihilo. That is true -- but does it matter, given that inserting text there is a mistake anyway? -- 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.