From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: overlays inserted Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:00:11 +0200 Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150810851 20788 80.91.229.2 (20 Jun 2006 13:40:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:40:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 20 15:40:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FsgT3-0006Sr-5H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:40:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FsgT2-0003jf-Ky for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:40:32 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsserver.news.garr.it!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed2.funet.fi!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!129.16.222.141.MISMATCH!gide.ita.chalmers.se!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 12 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: linus003.dd.chalmers.se Original-X-Trace: gide.ita.chalmers.se 1150808411 3095 129.16.117.203 (20 Jun 2006 13:00:11 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@gide.ita.chalmers.se Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:00:11 +0000 (UTC) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110005 (No Gnus v0.5) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/x9s5UbpQWCm82RTsex4X/jvJuU= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139931 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:35556 Archived-At: "Daniel Carvalho" writes: > The problem is that the value of the "before-string" property is > displayed as if INSERTED in the buffer text. The text after the > point is displayed shifted to the right. Is it possible to create an > overlay the OVERWRITES the text? (but without having to edit the > buffer) Use the `display' property. -- Johan Bockgård