> From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:16:28 +0200 > Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > > > On 10 apr. 2013, at 11:54, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:32:44AM +0530, Jambunathan K wrote: > >> > >> See "Side note" towards the end of this message > >> > >> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14157#8 > >> > > > > This request is common enough; every time it comes up overlays are > > proposed as a solution. It would be good if this is available even as a > > library outside of Org. > > Yes, overlays are better.
I beg the Org developers to please be very careful when introducing expensive display features such as overlays into Org. Org already puts the Emacs display engine to its limits in many of its popular features; adding overlays to this mess might be too much. I don't know enough about Org to understand why overlays are being considered instead of text properties, but feel free to describe the issues (preferably on emacs-devel) and start a discussion about the possible alternatives.
