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Re: text-properties: some buffers like, some don't. Why?


From: Andreas Politz
Subject: Re: text-properties: some buffers like, some don't. Why?
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 15:43:33 -0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux)

dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:

> text-properties: some buffers like, some don't.  Why?
>
> I've got a green line.  M-w copy it, yank it into *scratch*.  NO
> LONGER GREEN.
>
> So, (after toggling read-only), I try yanking it into *Help*.  STAYS
> green.
>
> (a) What's the distinction?

emacs-lisp-mode has font-lock set up, while help-mode does not.
>
> (b) WHY the distinction?

Not to annoy you.

-ap


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