Function: overlay-get

overlay-get is a function defined in buffer.c.

Signature

(overlay-get OVERLAY PROP)

Documentation

Get the property of overlay OVERLAY with property name PROP.

Other relevant functions are documented in the overlay group.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.29.

Shortdoc

;; overlay
(overlay-get foo 'happy)
    e.g. => t

Aliases

semantic-overlay-get (obsolete since 27.1) viper-overlay-get (obsolete since 27.1) ediff-overlay-get (obsolete since 27.1)

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/buffer.c
{
  CHECK_OVERLAY (overlay);
  return lookup_char_property (XOVERLAY (overlay)->plist, prop, 0);
}