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Save text properties in desktop

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Message #8 received at 30786 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 30786 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30786: Save text properties in desktop
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:16:40 -0400

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> Why does desktop.el not save text properties?
> Maybe for some historical reasons?
> This is required for bug#22479.
> I can't find a problem while trying this patch:

> -     (let ((copy (copy-sequence value)))
> -       (set-text-properties 0 (length copy) nil copy)
> -       ;; Get rid of text properties because we cannot read them.

I guess this comment is relevant, you can easily have non-readable
property values, e.g.: (put-text-property 1 2 'foo (point-marker)).
Maybe solving Bug#24982 would help?

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