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Mads Lindstrøm <mads_lindstroem@yahoo.dk> writes:

> When I set global-font-lock-mode, commands like
>
> (add-text-properties 1850 2000 '(mouse-face highlight))
>
> does not highlight the text anymore.  Anybody know a way to both have
> global-font-lock-mode and manual highlightning of text?
>
> I am running Emacs 20.7.2 on a Debian GNU/Linux box.

It works for me in Emacs 21.2 (I don't have a copy of 20.7 installed).  

What do you get when you execute `M-x list-text-properties-at' with
point in the text that is supposed to have the property?