From 0f2ae894c592f653a89334513fb1f71cc0efd704 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:38:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Active Keymaps): Clarify role of underlying textprop and overlay keymaps for display strings. --- doc/lispref/keymaps.texi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi index 125c4f0e706..08967a33b82 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi @@ -605,7 +605,9 @@ by a symbolic prefix), the active keymaps are determined based on the position in that event. If the event happened on a string embedded with a @code{display}, @code{before-string}, or @code{after-string} property (@pxref{Special Properties}), the non-@code{nil} map -properties of the string override those of the buffer. +properties of the string override those of the buffer (if the +underlying buffer text contains map properties in its text properties +or overlays, they are ignored). The @dfn{global keymap} holds the bindings of keys that are defined regardless of the current buffer, such as @kbd{C-f}. The variable -- 2.39.5