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Subject: Re: [bug] add-text-properties
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From: Colin Rafferty <craffert@ml.com>
Date: 20 Aug 1997 13:40:36 -0400
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William M Perry writes:
> Colin Rafferty <craffert@ml.com> writes:

>> There is a bug in `add-text-properties'.  This is in Bratislava on
>> sparc/solaris.

>> Basically, copying part of a region that has had the "text-properties"
>> set to be read-only, and pasting it into the minibuffer, makes the
>> minibuffer read-only, and you are hosed.

>   Emacs will no longer pull the 'read-only' property along with text
> properties (when pasting) in the next version.  We should probably make a
> similar change.

I agree.

The real question is, why does `kill-new' (low-level) copy any text
properties at all?  I cannot think of one example where I would want the 
text-properties to be copied.

But maybe this is because I never did any property hacking in emacs.

-- 
Colin

