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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-11-15 18:54:13 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-11-15 18:54:13 +0000
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downloademacs-a3f1aee1b7d3382d83380a1a3ecdb19a6c347bd8.tar.gz
Minor clarification.
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@@ -2198,7 +2198,8 @@ 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)