Thanks, Jesper -- looks like updating to Emacs 21 is worth the
trouble...


Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:


> ,----[ C-h f propertize RET ]
> | propertize is a built-in function.
> | (propertize STRING &rest PROPERTIES)
> | 
> | Return a copy of STRING with text properties added.
> | First argument is the string to copy.
> | Remaining arguments form a sequence of PROPERTY VALUE pairs for text
> | properties to add to the result.
> | 
> `----

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