changeset 41091:418fff19f92e

Minor clarification.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:53:38 +0000
parents 304a46db62e4
children 078a3f1b537a
files etc/NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Thu Nov 15 16:16:23 2001 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Thu Nov 15 18:53:38 2001 +0000
@@ -2413,7 +2413,8 @@
 
 ** Since `format' preserves text properties, the idiom
 `(format "%s" foo)' no longer works to copy and remove properties.
-Use `copy-sequence' and `set-text-properties'.
+Use `copy-sequence' to copy the string, then use `set-text-properties'
+to remove the properties of the copy.
 
 ** Since the `keymap' text property now has significance, some code
 which uses both `local-map' and `keymap' properties (for portability)