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On 10.4.2013, at 18:21, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:16:28 +0200
>> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>>=20
>>=20
>> On 10 apr. 2013, at 11:54, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:32:44AM +0530, Jambunathan K wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>> See "Side note" towards the end of this message
>>>>=20
>>>>       http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D14157#8
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> This request is common enough; every time it comes up overlays are
>>> proposed as a solution.  It would be good if this is available even =
as a
>>> library outside of Org.
>>=20
>> Yes, overlays are better.
>=20
> I beg the Org developers to please be very careful when introducing
> expensive display features such as overlays into Org.  Org already
> puts the Emacs display engine to its limits in many of its popular
> features;

Hi Eli,

this is interesting input, I was not aware of this.  Has this been =
discussed before, can you point me to relevant threads, and what are the =
symptoms of the display engine being at its limits?

Regards

- Carsten

> adding overlays to this mess might be too much.
>=20
> I don't know enough about Org to understand why overlays are being
> considered instead of text properties, but feel free to describe the
> issues (preferably on emacs-devel) and start a discussion about the
> possible alternatives.
>=20