bug#64696: 30.0.50; indent-to inherits preceding text properties, including 'invisible

[Ihor Radchenko]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> FWIW, I can't see any good reason to inherit properties here, other than
>>> "we've always done that", but I'd be surprised if making this change
>>> won't affect some other use elsewhere :-(
>>
>> ??? That's a non-starter, from where I stand.
>
> I formulated it differently, but you're just agreeing with the "but ..."
> quoted above :-)

Note that unlike `indent-to', `insert' does not inherit properties.
Not to say that changing `indent-to' is safe, but there is slight
historical inconsistency here.

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