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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-06-06 12:05:10 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-06-06 12:07:30 -0700
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make-text-button no longer modifies its string arg
* etc/NEWS: Mention this. * lisp/apropos.el (apropos-library-button): * lisp/ibuf-ext.el (ibuffer-old-saved-filters-warning): There’s no longer a need copy make-text-button’s string arg. * lisp/button.el (make-text-button): Return a copy of a string arg. Delay making the copy until after error-checking.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/button.el b/lisp/button.el
index 3a6a6de774c..d9c36a0375c 100644
--- a/lisp/button.el
+++ b/lisp/button.el
@@ -341,15 +341,14 @@ If the property `button-data' is present, it will later be used
as the argument for the `action' callback function instead of the
default argument, which is the button itself.
-BEG can also be a string, in which case it is made into a button.
+BEG can also be a string, in which case a copy of it is made into
+a button and returned.
Also see `insert-text-button'."
(let ((object nil)
(type-entry
(or (plist-member properties 'type)
(plist-member properties :type))))
- (when (stringp beg)
- (setq object beg beg 0 end (length object)))
;; Disallow setting the `category' property directly.
(when (plist-get properties 'category)
(error "Button `category' property may not be set directly"))
@@ -362,6 +361,10 @@ Also see `insert-text-button'."
(setcar type-entry 'category)
(setcar (cdr type-entry)
(button-category-symbol (cadr type-entry))))
+ (when (stringp beg)
+ (setq object (copy-sequence beg))
+ (setq beg 0)
+ (setq end (length object)))
;; Now add all the text properties at once.
(add-text-properties beg end
;; Each button should have a non-eq `button'