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Subject: Re: text-properties: some buffers like, some don't.  Why?
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In article <87r5n5e4sl.fsf@fh-trier.de>,
Andreas Politz  <politza@fh-trier.de> wrote:
>dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
>
>> 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?
>
>emacs-lisp-mode has font-lock set up, while help-mode does not.
>>
>> (b) WHY the distinction?
>
>Not to annoy you.
>
>-ap

THANK YOU!

David

PS: any advantage to having font-lock state shown
in the mode-line?

Ever seen it done?


David