Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Sorry, I have to say NO. and, please see the attached patch, which I'd tested using the following code in scratch buffer: ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation. ;; If you want to create a file, first visit that file with C-x C-f, ;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer. (C-x is the standard ;; XEmacs abbreviation for `Control+x', i.e. hold down the Control key ;; while hitting the x key.) ;; ;; For Lisp evaluation, type an expression, move to the end and hit C-j. (require 'overlay) overlay (make-overlay -100 200) #<extent [1, 200) overlay 0x30a0cb0 in buffer *scratch*> (overlays-in -1000 1000) (#<extent [1, 200) overlay 0x2c97150 in buffer *scratch*> #<extent [1, 200) overlay 0x30a0cb0 in buffer *scratch*>) (move-overlay (car (overlays-in -1000 1000)) 200 4000) #<extent [200, 709) overlay 0x2c97150 in buffer *scratch*> _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches