Re: [SOLVED]

[Stefan Monnier]

> It seems you suggest 
>
> (defadvice copy-to-register (before removeproperties activate)
>   "Remove all text properties before setting the property"
>   (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
>     (set-text-properties (region-beginning) (region-end) nil)))

No, that still modifies the buffer.  He suggests you apply
`set-text-properties` to the extracted string.


        Stefan