# HG changeset patch
# User Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
# Date 1253849776 0
# Node ID 43be71d128b24642ed44540d96a94372e07af92d
# Parent  3a3daa61c9ffd81508711b7562116291074b0f42
* display.texi (Managing Overlays): Document copy-overlay (Bug#4549).

diff -r 3a3daa61c9ff -r 43be71d128b2 doc/lispref/ChangeLog
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog	Fri Sep 25 03:24:52 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog	Fri Sep 25 03:36:16 2009 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-25  David Engster  <deng@randomsample.de>
+
+	* display.texi (Managing Overlays): Document
+	copy-overlay (Bug#4549).
+
 2009-09-22  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* internals.texi (Building Emacs): Mention preloaded-file-list.
diff -r 3a3daa61c9ff -r 43be71d128b2 doc/lispref/display.texi
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi	Fri Sep 25 03:24:52 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi	Fri Sep 25 03:36:16 2009 +0000
@@ -1269,6 +1269,14 @@
 current buffer.
 @end defun
 
+@defun copy-overlay overlay
+This function returns a copy of @var{overlay}.  The copy has the same
+endpoints and properties as @var{overlay}.  However, the marker
+insertion type for the start of the overlay and for the end of the
+overlay are set to their default values (@pxref{Marker Insertion
+Types}).
+@end defun
+
   Here are some examples:
 
 @example