From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: variable width space display property value has no effect in empty overlay Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:57:20 -0600 (MDT) Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200306101557.h5AFvK4v025219@mail1.ihs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055260778 24017 80.91.224.249 (10 Jun 2003 15:59:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 15:59:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 10 17:59:36 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19PlVB-00062k-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:57:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19PlWF-0003WJ-7f for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:58:43 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19PlWB-0003Us-Po for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:58:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19PlWA-0003U1-5U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:58:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail1.ihs.com ([170.207.70.222]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19PlW9-0003K6-PF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:58:37 -0400 Original-Received: from briard.ihs.com (esd80.ihs.com [170.207.51.80]) by mail1.ihs.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5AFvK4v025219 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:57:21 -0600 (MDT) Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5275 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5275 This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation, not to your local site managers! Please write in English, because the Emacs maintainers do not have translators to read other languages for them. Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org mailing list, and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group. In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.7, X toolkit) of 2003-04-24 on briard Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: nil locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug: emacs-21.3.1 -q --no-site-file M-< C-e M-: (let ((lbp (line-beginning-position))) (overlay-put (make-overlay lbp lbp) 'display '(space :align-to 4))) That creates an overlay spanning 0 characters at the beginning of the *scratch* buffer, with the display property set to (space :align-to 4). But the buffer display is not affected. Recent input: g i n n i n g - p o s i t i o n ) ) ) SPC ( o v e r l a y - p u t SPC ( m a k e - o v e r l a y SPC l b p SPC l b p ) SPC ' d i s p l a y SPC ' ( s p a c e SPC : a l i g n - t o SPC 4 ) ) ) Recent messages: (/usr/local/emacs-21.3/src/emacs-21.3.1 -q --no-site-file) Loading tool-bar...done Loading image...done Loading tooltip...done For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p. Mark set (space :align-to 4) Loading emacsbug...done