Re: Overlay mechanic improvements

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Why aren't text properties right for [preview-latex]?
>
> There are various things which are difficult to do with text-properties.
> E.g. the lack of after/before_string is the most obvious difference.

Uh, that too.  preview-latex makes use of them as well for several
things.  Supporting after/before_string with text properties would be
really weird as inserting text in the middle of some text with the
respective properties would cause those strings to appear ex nihilo.

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David Kastrup