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

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Message #41 received at 6922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "John Wiegley" <johnw <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mt_void <at> warpmail.net, mbork <at> mbork.pl, rms <at> gnu.org, 6922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6922: 23.1;
 Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:55:19 +0200

> From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>,  Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>,  6922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  mt_void <at> warpmail.net
> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:04:06 -0500
> 
> >>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > What is the current consensus? should we adjust the documentation or fix the
> > code? John? Richard?
> 
> Eli, can you fix to code to allows read-only overlays? Once you do, I'd like
> to write a mask.el module for GNU ELPA to support masked editing.

I'll take a look.  Of course, if someone wants to beat me to it, feel
free.

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