From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Question about copy-region-as-kill Date: 08 Apr 2002 10:23:40 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87ofh09xjq.fsf@alice.dynodns.net> <200204050602.g3562Dl18586@aztec.santafe.edu> <87bscx7rlf.fsf@alice.dynodns.net> <3791-Sat06Apr2002101927+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <873cy9nsom.fsf@alice.dynodns.net> <87zo0gu2hr.fsf@emacswiki.org> <200204071850.g37Iol319907@aztec.santafe.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1018233143 12322 127.0.0.1 (8 Apr 2002 02:32:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 02:32:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: alex@emacswiki.org, Kai.Grossjohann@cs.uni-dortmund.de, keichwa@gmx.net, johnw@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16uOxD-0003Cd-00 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2002 04:32:23 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16uPBO-0006cZ-00 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2002 04:47:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16uOE8-0008I4-00; Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:45:48 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.52]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16uNt1-0005he-00; Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.193]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g381NpQ10879; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:23:52 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g381Nld28210; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:23:49 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g381NjB28448; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:23:46 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g381Nig20396; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:23:44 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 5F42936F6; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:23:40 +0900 (JST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200204071850.g37Iol319907@aztec.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 13 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:2457 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:2457 Richard Stallman writes: > That is a good point. Perhaps therefore font-lock should create > overlays rather than text properties. Overlays are not part of the > text, and won't be copied when the text is copied. As a practical matter, this may not be a good idea -- overlays seem to be quite a bit more expensive than text properties. I also think text-properties are a better match with what font-lock does, modulo the copying issue. -Miles -- Ich bin ein Virus. Mach' mit und kopiere mich in Deine .signature.