From unknown Sat Aug 16 11:12:22 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#4549 <4549@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#4549 <4549@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 23.1.50; copy-overlay is not mentioned in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual Reply-To: bug#4549 <4549@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:12:22 +0000 retitle 4549 23.1.50; copy-overlay is not mentioned in the Emacs Lisp Refer= ence Manual reassign 4549 emacs submitter 4549 David Engster severity 4549 normal thanks From deng@randomsample.de Thu Sep 24 06:52:29 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 24 Sep 2009 13:52:30 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=4.0 tests=MURPHY_DRUGS_REL8 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8ODqSOY022552 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:52:29 -0700 Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:46529 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MqokF-0001ec-QL for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:52:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MqokE-0007Ue-Mt for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:52:27 -0400 Received: from m61s02.vlinux.de ([83.151.21.164]:55248) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MqokE-0007UK-78 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:52:26 -0400 Received: from kafka.physik3.gwdg.de ([134.76.92.48] helo=kafka) by m61s02.vlinux.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MqokC-00030R-KT for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:52:24 +0200 From: David Engster To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Subject: 23.1.50; copy-overlay is not mentioned in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:52:23 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) --=-=-= The copy-overlay function is not mentioned in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. I attached a patch for display.texi. Regards, David --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-diff Content-Disposition: inline; filename=display-texi-copy-overlay.diff Index: display.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/lispref/display.texi,v retrieving revision 1.52 diff -u -r1.52 display.texi --- display.texi 1 Sep 2009 02:54:16 -0000 1.52 +++ display.texi 24 Sep 2009 13:51:22 -0000 @@ -1269,6 +1269,12 @@ current buffer. @end defun +@defun copy-overlay overlay +This function will return a copy of @var{overlay}, with the exception +of the insertion marker types, which will always be set to their +default values. +@end defun + Here are some examples: @example --=-=-=-- From cyd@stupidchicken.com Thu Sep 24 20:36:09 2009 Received: (at 4549-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 25 Sep 2009 03:36:09 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=4.0 tests=AWL,MURPHY_DRUGS_REL8 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8P3a7EU023312 for <4549-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:36:09 -0700 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 624CF57E266; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:37:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Chong Yidong To: David Engster Cc: 4549-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: 23.1.50; copy-overlay is not mentioned in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:37:45 -0400 Message-ID: <87vdj7itiu.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > The copy-overlay function is not mentioned in the Emacs Lisp Reference > Manual. I attached a patch for display.texi. Thanks. I've checked it in, with some editing. 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