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25.0.50; (elisp) `Sticky Properties` |
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Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:47:28 -0700 (PDT) |
The first sentence is misleading:
Self-inserting characters normally take on the same properties as the
preceding character.
Is it about the characters themselves or about self-insertion of
those characters?
The rest of the node says, for example, that `insert' inserts without
inheritance. Doesn't that mean that if you pass a string of
self-inserting chars to `insert' then they will not inherit from the
char before the insertion? That is contradicted by the first sentence
of the node.
You might claim that the hand-waving word "normally" there means that
they do so only when self-inserted. That's not obvious. It would be
clearer to just say that: they inherit when they are self-inserted.
And if that is not always the case then add a waffle word "normally" or
"usually" back: usually they inherit when they are self-inserted.
In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 118168 address@hidden
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --enable-checking=yes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'
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Re: bug#20924: 25.0.50; (elisp) `Sticky Properties` |
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Mon, 29 Jun 2015 20:38:25 +0300 |
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:22:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
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> I think it would be a lot clearer if the text said just what you
> said here. Something like this:
> When you insert a char by typing it, it inherits....
> But Lisp code that inserts text might not inherit...
I improved the wording along these lines. Thanks.
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