A simple overlay program

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My buffer has one line as,

i am sitting on an overlay

Now when i do, M-x some-function-to-hide, i like to hide the text from display, and show three dots as,

...

I am looking forward to have a "hello world" program to understand overlays.

How about?: (overlay-put (make-overlay (point-at-bol) (point-at-eol)) 'display "...") — lawlist, Feb 27, 2015 at 17:32
please, can you make this as answer... an extra info, i brought "..." back to original form using (remove-overlays) — Madhavan, Feb 27, 2015 at 17:34
How about?: (remove-overlays (point-min) (point-max) 'display "...") I am at work today and won't have a chance to do an answer until later. I'm not picky -- anyone can write-up an answer, even yourself if you are so inclined. — lawlist, Feb 27, 2015 at 17:38
Please do some basic research before posting. A google search for "emacs overlay" yields the manual page for "Overlays". — Dan, Feb 27, 2015 at 17:43

Madhavan · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-28 01:35:35Z

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Reproducing lawlist's comments here, To make an overlay and minify the code block as "...", you can do,

(overlay-put (make-overlay (point-at-bol) (point-at-eol)) 'display "...")

Now, to expand the contents and bring the buffer to its original form,

(remove-overlays (point-min) (point-max) 'display "...")

answered Feb 28, 2015 at 1:35

Madhavan

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