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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: zackw@panix.com
Cc: 45054@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45054: 27.1; Can get point into the middle of a run of characters with a replacing display spec
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:30:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mtysatdg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83sg8kb514.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:18:15 +0200)

> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:18:15 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: 45054@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > 4. Is there a better way to do this sort of visual replacement of runs
> >    of text?  This is the first time I’ve done any serious elisp
> >    programming, I might have missed something.
> 
> Sounds the right way to me (modulo making the text invisible).

As an alternative, you could try the technique used by
prettify-symbols-mode.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-12-05 20:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-05 15:54 bug#45054: 27.1; Can get point into the middle of a run of characters with a replacing display spec Zack Weinberg
2020-12-05 15:59 ` Zack Weinberg
2020-12-05 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-05 20:00   ` Zack Weinberg
2020-12-05 20:12     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-05 20:30   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
     [not found]     ` <CAKCAbMipxyka3DNGYOswAewqN8PCGknMdnp3pkAVDi5V-Pcrxg@mail.gmail.com>
2020-12-05 22:12       ` Zack Weinberg
2020-12-06  5:41         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-09 18:56           ` Zack Weinberg
2020-12-09 19:14             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-09 19:20               ` Zack Weinberg
2020-12-09 19:50                 ` Eli Zaretskii

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