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Article #88016read-only text property cannot be removed
From: Steve Tinney
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 06:38
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 06:38
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In GNU Emacs 19.25.1 of Mon Jun 6 1994 on eryops (i486-unknown-linux) I believe it makes sense to be able to toggle the read-only property of odd characters (for example, superscript numbers used to mark the location of footnotes in a package I am developing). I believe I have tried all possible alternatives to switch off this property, but to no avail. It may be me, but ... Do `emacs -q', and `insert-file' the following into the scratch buffer, then evaluate each of the forms. All but the first should complain about an Attempt to modify read-only text. True enough, but suboptimal, in my view. ======== a (put-text-property 1 2 'read-only t) (set-text-properties 1 2 '(read-only nil)) (set-text-properties 1 2 nil) (remove-text-properties 1 2 '(read-only nil)) (put-text-property 1 2 'read-only nil) ========
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,ea74eece821b6481,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-13 23:48:49 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!ddsw1!news.kei.com!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!eryops.home.ORG!s From: s@eryops.home.ORG (Steve Tinney) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: read-only text property cannot be removed Date: 14 Aug 1994 02:38:23 -0400 Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 21 Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <199408132124.AA03960@eryops.home.org> Reply-To: sjt@enlil.museum.upenn.edu