Re: How can I remove effects of text properties in 'before-string

[Emanuel Berg]

> emacs -Q
>
> (set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) 20 0)
> (overlay-put (make-overlay (point) (point))
> 'before-string (propertize "." 'display
> `((margin left-margin) ,"Hi there!")))
> (hl-line-mode)

I don't know what you're up to but in general
you can use `buffer-substring-no-properties'.

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