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Re: Text property 'intangible and fontification
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Text property 'intangible and fontification |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:45:48 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) |
> I think I noticed a problem with nxml-mode (not part of Emacs) and
> fontification when an overlay has the property 'intangible.
Since `intangible' is known to have many adverse effects, it's important to
describe this overlay: who made it, why, ...
> nxml-mode does its own fontification since it anyway parses the buffer
> contents. What should fontification code do when there are some overlays
> like this? Or text properties. Should it let bind
> inhibit-point-motion-hooks' to t, or? What does other fontification code do
> in Emacs?
I strongly recommend to not touch `intangible' even with a ten foot pole.
Stefan