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23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>, John Wiegley <johnw <at> gnu.org>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mt_void <at> warpmail.net, 6922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6922: 23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:00:01 +0200

> From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:29:53 +0100
> Cc: MT <mt_void <at> warpmail.net>
> 
> For the record, the problem persists in GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1.  Neither
> seems there to be any change in the manual (as RMS suggested in the
> discussion at
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-01/msg01598.html).

What is the current consensus? should we adjust the documentation or
fix the code?  John?  Richard?

Which other overlay properties don't cause exactly the same effect as
the corresponding text properties?

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