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Date: 06 Apr 1997 22:41:04 +0200
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:
> 
> > More overlay.el lossage and again it is VM's fault for inadvertently
> > mixing the extent/overlay interfaces.  Fixed in VM 6.24.
> 
> Finally, how does `overlay.el' scale up, in your opinion (with the
> list->cons change made, of course)?  Is it still on the `oboy' level,
> or is it a usable emulation of GNU Emacs overlay mechanism?

Widget uses overlays now (to grey out inactive items), and I haven't
noticed any problems with the emulation.  If you use customize, the
inactive items in the latest XEmacs beta are made with `overlay.el'.

