Re: Removing rollback from VC mode - request for comment

[David Kastrup]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:42:56 +0100
>> 
>> Maybe doing overlays reasonably efficiently (like text properties are)
>> would be sort of an idea after decades.
>
> Why not use 'display' text properties instead?

Because they are sticky?  Cut&paste stuff from a TeX buffer with one
encoding into one with a different encoding or into an HTML buffer, and
the display will no longer correspond to the content in any meaningful
way.

I don't see the point in making the efficiency (or its lack of) a
governing parameter in choosing between text properties and overlays.

-- 
David Kastrup