From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: text-properties: some buffers like, some don't. Why? Date: 27 Mar 2010 18:47:00 -0400 Organization: PANIX -- Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1272999941 14853 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2010 19:05:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 19:05:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 04 21:05:40 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O9NR5-00033u-Il for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 21:05:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42501 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O9NR5-0006Hg-4g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 15:05:39 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!209.197.12.246.MISMATCH!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1269730020 2643 166.84.1.3 (27 Mar 2010 22:47:00 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:47:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:177584 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:73071 Archived-At: text-properties: some buffers like, some don't. Why? I've got a green line. M-w copy it, yank it into *scratch*. NO LONGER GREEN. So, (after toggling read-only), I try yanking it into *Help*. STAYS green. (a) What's the distinction? (b) WHY the distinction? Thanks! David