Subject: bug#15899: 24.3.50; regression: `region' overlay is lower priority than default

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 18:52:40 +0200

> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:23:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> 
> 2. Previously, region highlighting used the `face' text property.

No, region never used any text properties.  There was a 'region' face,
yes, but no text property.  Instead, the display engine had special
code for displaying the active region in the 'region' face.