GNU bug report logs - #16493
24.3.50; (setq search-invisible t) is useless, let's allow to turn visible-mode temporarily on

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Message #80 received at 16493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, 16493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#16493: 24.3.50;
 (setq search-invisible t) is useless, let's allow to turn
 visible-mode temporarily on
Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 18:50:13 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org,  16493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 11:27:55 -0400
> 
> > I'd rather we fixed the remove-from-invisibility-spec result than
> > start promoting (t).
> 
> Starting from t, (add-to-invisibility-spec 'foo) also has the weird
> result that it *reduces* the number of properties which cause
> invisibility (from infinity to 2).

Yes, but I don't see that as a problem.  buffer-invisibility-spec is a
filter, so adding to it could have that effect.

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