changeset 94198:5f9b227e3b2e

(Active Keymaps): Clarify role of underlying textprop and overlay keymaps for display strings.
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:38:19 +0000
parents 3ce489895028
children 4f5b6e367b16
files doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi	Sun Apr 20 13:38:00 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi	Sun Apr 20 13:38:19 2008 +0000
@@ -605,7 +605,9 @@
 position in that event.  If the event happened on a string embedded
 with a @code{display}, @code{before-string}, or @code{after-string}
 property (@pxref{Special Properties}), the non-@code{nil} map
-properties of the string override those of the buffer.
+properties of the string override those of the buffer (if the
+underlying buffer text contains map properties in its text properties
+or overlays, they are ignored).
 
   The @dfn{global keymap} holds the bindings of keys that are defined
 regardless of the current buffer, such as @kbd{C-f}.  The variable