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boolean overlay properties

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From: Kevin Rodgers
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 19:17
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The boolean overlay properties (`window' and `invisible') can't be
toggled among overlapping (in particular, nested) overlays using the
`priority' property, since a nil value is interpreted as "unspecified"
for them.  Either a non-nil distinguished value is needed to indicate
"false", or a complementary property is needed (e.g. `frame' and
`visible').

I'd like to say that I've found the ability to override the other
overlay properties (`face', `mouse-face', et al.)  with the priority
mechanism to be an indispensable feature while implementing a viewer for
SGML documents (which consist of nested text elements).

P.S.  When are the `before-string' and `after-string' overlay properties
      scheduled to be implemented?  And are in-line bitmaps going to be
      added, like in Lucid?
-- 
Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>		Project Engineer
Information Handling Services		Electronic Systems Development
15 Inverness Way East, M/S A203		
Englewood CO 80112 USA			(303) 397-2807[voice]/-2620[fax]
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Subject: boolean overlay properties
Date: 18 Aug 1994 15:17:00 -0400
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