Function: add-display-text-property

add-display-text-property is an autoloaded and byte-compiled function defined in subr-x.el.gz.

Signature

(add-display-text-property START END SPEC VALUE &optional OBJECT)

Documentation

Add the display specification (SPEC VALUE) to the text from START to END.

If any text in the region has a non-nil display property, the existing display specifications are retained.

OBJECT is either a string or a buffer to add the specification to. If omitted, OBJECT defaults to the current buffer.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 29.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun add-display-text-property (start end spec value &optional object)
  "Add the display specification (SPEC VALUE) to the text from START to END.
If any text in the region has a non-nil `display' property, the existing
display specifications are retained.

OBJECT is either a string or a buffer to add the specification to.
If omitted, OBJECT defaults to the current buffer."
  (add-remove--display-text-property start end spec value object))