> From: Miles Bader <mi...@gnu.org> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>, eli.osherov...@gmail.com, Michael Welsh > Duggan <m...@md5i.com>, emacs-bidi@gnu.org, emacs-de...@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:39:22 +0900 > > "Martin J. Dürst" <due...@it.aoyama.ac.jp> writes: > >> Overlay, not text property. The latter modifies the buffer, which is > >> not what you want in this case. > > > > Just a factual question: What does it mean when you say that > > properties modify the buffer? > > Adding/changing text properties marks the buffer as "modified." > > One can avoid that effect by using the `with-silent-modifications' macro.
Yes, but then copying the text copies the properties with it, which is not what you want in this case, in general. _______________________________________________ emacs-bidi mailing list emacs-bidi@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-bidi
