Re: Unwanted highlighting after cross-buffer paste

[Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>]

In article <ur63xrlgo.fsf@terrapin.northbound-train.com>,
 "Joe Casadonte" <jcasadonte@northbound-train.com> wrote:

> On 24 Dec 2008, kj wrote:
> 
> > Is there a simpler way of getting rid of this unwanted highlighting
> 
> `font-lock-fontify-buffer' should re-fontify the whole buffer,
> stripping out the unneeded bits.
> 
> > (or of avoiding it in the first place)?
> 
> Take a look at what it is that's killing the text in the first place;
> if it's `copy-region-as-kill', you may want to re-write it to use
> buffer-string-no-properties instead of buffer-string (or use some
> around advice that temporarily fsets buffer-string to be
> buffer-string-no-properties, but I'm not sure how to un-fset it).

It sounded like he's just using C-w or M-w, not a command of his own.

I also find it annoying.  I frequently like to cut and paste from 
*Occurs* or *grep* buffers, and the attributes are out of place in the 
new buffer.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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