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bug#6922: 23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#6922: 23.1; Setting read-only property in an overlay has no effect |
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Fri, 22 Jan 2016 09:37:40 +0200 |
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> CC: mbork@mbork.pl, johnw@gnu.org, 6922@debbugs.gnu.org,
> mt_void@warpmail.net
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:24:37 -0500
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> > I am not sure that a read-only property on an overlay makes much sense.
> > It is a strange thing to do. So I will fix the documentation.
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> I don't remember why I wrote that. It was 6 years ago. My guess is
> that I considered it strange to make certain text read-only
> temporarily. If it isn't supposed to change, it should never change,
> right?
I see your point, thanks.
What do others think?