--- a/Text.st	Mon Mar 30 18:22:16 1998 +0200
+++ b/Text.st	Tue Mar 31 20:02:24 1998 +0200
@@ -523,15 +523,19 @@
      a text object will be returned. Otherwise, a string (i.e. without emphasis)
      is returned."
 
+    |newRuns|
+
     aStringOrText hasChangeOfEmphasis ifTrue:[    
         ^ self species new
             string:(string , aStringOrText)
             emphasisCollection:(runs , aStringOrText emphasisCollection)
     ].
     runs notNil "self hasChangeOfEmphasis" ifTrue:[ 
+        newRuns := runs copyFrom:1 to:(runs size).
+        
         ^ self species new
             string:(string , aStringOrText)
-            emphasisCollection:(runs deepCopy add:nil withOccurrences:(aStringOrText size); yourself)
+            emphasisCollection:(newRuns add:nil withOccurrences:(aStringOrText size); yourself)
     ].
     ^ string , aStringOrText string
 
@@ -542,7 +546,7 @@
      ('hello' asText allBold) , (' world' asText allBold)
     "
 
-    "Modified: 11.7.1996 / 13:22:39 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.3.1998 / 16:34:04 / cg"
 !
 
 concatenateFromString:aString
@@ -746,30 +750,51 @@
 emphasisAt:characterIndex add:newEmphasis
     "add to the emphasis at some index. return the receiver"
 
-    |e|
+    |e prevE|
 
     e := runs at:characterIndex.
     e := self class addEmphasis:newEmphasis to:e.
+
+    "/ if its equal to the previous emphasis, make it identical.
+
+    characterIndex > 1 ifTrue:[
+        prevE := runs at:characterIndex-1.
+        e = prevE ifTrue:[
+            e := prevE
+        ]
+    ].
     runs at:characterIndex put:e
 
     "
      (Text string:'hello') allBold emphasisAt:2 add:#italic
     "
 
-    "Created: 14.5.1996 / 16:48:39 / cg"
-    "Modified: 14.5.1996 / 17:13:47 / cg"
+    "Created: / 14.5.1996 / 16:48:39 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.3.1998 / 15:29:14 / cg"
 !
 
 emphasisAt:characterIndex put:emphasis
     "change the emphasis at some index. return the receiver"
 
-    runs at:characterIndex put:emphasis
+    |e prevE|
+
+    e := emphasis.
+
+    "/ if its equal to the previous emphasis, make it identical.
+
+    characterIndex > 1 ifTrue:[
+        prevE := runs at:characterIndex-1.
+        emphasis = prevE ifTrue:[
+            e := prevE
+        ]
+    ].
+    runs at:characterIndex put:e
 
     "
      (Text string:'hello') allBold emphasisAt:2 put:#italic
     "
 
-    "Modified: 12.5.1996 / 12:40:31 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.3.1998 / 16:45:14 / cg"
 !
 
 emphasisAt:characterIndex remove:emphasisToRemove
@@ -839,6 +864,11 @@
 
     |newRuns|
 
+start to:stop do:[:pos |
+    runs at:pos put:emphasis
+].
+^ self.
+
     newRuns := RunArray new.
 
     "/ for now - a q&d hack
@@ -857,7 +887,7 @@
         emphasizeFrom:7 to:11 with:#italic
     "
 
-    "Modified: 11.5.1996 / 14:30:02 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.3.1998 / 17:56:28 / cg"
 !
 
 emphasizeFrom:start with:emphasis
@@ -1116,6 +1146,6 @@
 !Text class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic2/Text.st,v 1.37 1998-03-12 13:43:29 ca Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic2/Text.st,v 1.38 1998-03-31 18:02:24 cg Exp $'
 ! !
 Text initialize!