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changeset 56451:b190e160aa91
(Overlay Properties): Adding `evaporate' prop deletes empty overlay immediately.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:40:22 +0000 |
| parents | 30845fb9e44d |
| children | ff1b3d52a8cd |
| files | lispref/display.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/display.texi Sat Jul 17 14:39:11 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Sat Jul 17 14:40:22 2004 +0000 @@ -1165,9 +1165,9 @@ @item evaporate @kindex evaporate @r{(overlay property)} If this property is non-@code{nil}, the overlay is deleted automatically -if it becomes empty (i.e., if its length becomes zero). However, -if the overlay is @emph{already} empty, @code{evaporate} does not -delete it. +if it becomes empty (i.e., if its length becomes zero). If you give +an empty overlay a non-@code{nil} @code{evaporate} property, that deletes +it immediately. @item local-map @cindex keymap of character (and overlays)