Re: CC Mode in MMM Mode(s).

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 12/8/17 11:36 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:

> I understand that.  Text properties are designed to be considered
> part of the contents.  But font-lock uses them, so it is possible
> to use them for things that reflect the contents and are not contents.

Yes. I'm not saying it's not possible, just describing the probable 
reasons for why this feature has been implemented this way.

> Text properties expand, too.

Oh. Okay.

> Do you mean, it is useful in the code to have a single overlay object
> to put the properties on, rather than putting them directly on the
> characters in the buffer?

I think so. But it's not something I've discussed before, or considered 
for a long time.