Mercurial > emacs
changeset 52693:f1ba36825faa
(Overlay Properties): Clarify `evaporate' property.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:59:20 +0000 |
| parents | 3ec76ef338f9 |
| children | 3c9835a0d5b4 |
| files | lispref/display.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/display.texi Tue Sep 30 12:54:32 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Tue Sep 30 12:59:20 2003 +0000 @@ -1129,7 +1129,9 @@ @item evaporate @kindex evaporate @r{(overlay property)} If this property is non-@code{nil}, the overlay is deleted automatically -if it ever becomes empty (i.e., if it spans no characters). +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. @item local-map @cindex keymap of character (and overlays)