Re: why does occur depropertize matching lines?

[Josh Varner]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:06:30 -0800, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
>         Most faces don't change background color.  Only very special faces
>         (that are very rarely used in buffers on which occur is usually
>         called) have background different from default.
> 
>     Yes, most such faces are used for temporary highlighting.
> 
> I don't think these assumptions should be made. Users can define faces (for
> font-lock or anything else) any way they want, including changing the
> background.
> 

If you don't want the face changed why not add an overlay arrow like
in gdb mode?

Josh