GNU bug report logs - #6922
23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "MT" <mt_void <at> warpmail.net>

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.1

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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mt_void <at> warpmail.net, Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, 6922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6922: 23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect
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.

Thanks,
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John Wiegley                  GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F
http://newartisans.com                          60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2
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