Re: Any want to test buffer-substring patches?

>Kevin wrote:
>
>I wrote:
> > (defun buffer-substring-no-properties (beg end)
> >  "Return the text from BEG to END, without text properties, as a 
>string."
> >  (let ((string (buffer-substring beg end)))
> >    (set-text-properties 0 (length string) nil string)
> >    string))
>
>That version looks fairly xemacs-specific. I don't know if that'd work
>in old versions of emacs that didn't have buffer-substring-no-properties.
Sure. It was merely an example based on my brief investigation into when, 
where and how xemacs does the buffer-substring-no-properties thing.

>I'm not aware of any versions that don't have that function. I just
>don't want to break anyone's old (x)emacs editors.
Sure. Clearly there is a balance between adding rust or complexity against 
not breaking things. For me the discussion is then about which shade of gray 
you are happy with.

:)w

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