From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs 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 Message-ID: <83mtysatdg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83sg8kb514.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11819"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 45054@debbugs.gnu.org To: zackw@panix.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 05 21:31:16 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kleD6-0002yy-Kd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 21:31:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57952 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kleD5-0001wo-Lm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:31:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kleCt-0001wT-UL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:31:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36773) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kleCs-0001yK-Ax for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:31:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kleCs-0003nu-72 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:31:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 20:31:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 45054 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 45054-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B45054.160720022814577 (code B ref 45054); Sat, 05 Dec 2020 20:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 45054) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Dec 2020 20:30:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48319 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kleCK-0003n3-CJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:30:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48542) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kleCI-0003mo-D3 for 45054@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:30:26 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:50459) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kleCC-0001bM-NR; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:30:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4344 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kleC9-0002H8-3R; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:30:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <83sg8kb514.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:18:15 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:195055 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:18:15 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > 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.