bug#29854: 25.3; Eshell buffer editing gets slower as colored output grows

[Pierre Neidhardt]

> The question is then whether there is some case where using overlays is
> necessary, or is it just a pessimization?  For reference, I took the
> text property using definition from man.el (so it at least works for
> that case):

Any idea what the original intent was?
I can't seem to see why an overlay would be needed for Eshell's output.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt

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