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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2001-11-15 18:53:38 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2001-11-15 18:53:38 +0000
commitbd1190d7050962270c99edef8ab9787d32b28f0e (patch)
tree6134d87899a94db1ceeab933ca04b87a866e1e94 /etc
parent9f7e52b4de1a3e79d69002c3d5491dde26826f01 (diff)
Minor clarification.
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@@ -2413,7 +2413,8 @@ See the sections below for details.
** Since `format' preserves text properties, the idiom
`(format "%s" foo)' no longer works to copy and remove properties.
-Use `copy-sequence' and `set-text-properties'.
+Use `copy-sequence' to copy the string, then use `set-text-properties'
+to remove the properties of the copy.
** Since the `keymap' text property now has significance, some code
which uses both `local-map' and `keymap' properties (for portability)