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Re: Hiding text
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Matthew Flaschen |
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Re: Hiding text |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:24:35 -0500 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070104) |
Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> thorne wrote:
>> I tried doing this with font-lock, and was able to do everything i
>> wanted, except that the underscores--which i make invisible--leave a
>> blank space instead of completely disappearing.
>>
>> So, maybe a more focused version of my question would be: is there a
>> way to selectively hide strings of text in a buffer such that they
>> still exist if you kill the region they are in and yank it somewhere
>> else?
>
> Try facemenu-set-invisible . I found that by running C-h a (apropos)
> invisible (People were discussing invisible text a few weeks ago).
Also, you should probably use facemenu-set-intangible. Otherwise, the
text won't be there, but the cursor will still "pause" as you move past
it. There's probably a way to set both these properties at once.
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