From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Zack Weinberg <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 18:18:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sg8kb514.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKCAbMhCSesZAM5WMFp_X+CAYCOfDn5fMu2kJQ9JHyDOwZb=7w@mail.gmail.com> (message from Zack Weinberg on Sat, 5 Dec 2020 10:54:57 -0500)
> From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 10:54:57 -0500
>
> \ ;; \|
> u00B6 ;; \u00B6|
> C-a ;; |\u00B6
> M-x fold-demo-mode ;; |¶
> C-d ;; |u00B6
> \ ;; ¶|
> x ;; \x|u00B6
>
> The bug happens when you type \ for the second time. The font-lock rule
> matches again, “\u00B6” is converted to “¶”, and the *visible cursor* is
> displaced to after the “¶”, but *point* is still where it was, between
> the invisible \ and u characters. Any self-inserting character, like
> the ‘x’ shown in the recipe, will be inserted at the actual location of
> point, instead of the position of the visible cursor. In the demo, this
> causes the font-lock rule to stop matching again.
>
> Any cursor-motion command while Emacs is in this state, will put point
> back in sync with the visible cursor; this can lead to odd but harmless
> phenomena, for instance a single C-f doesn’t appear to do anything,
> instead of moving the cursor to the next line like it normally would.
> (Because point moves within the hidden run of characters, and then gets
> displaced to the end of the run, where the visible cursor already is.)
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is this indeed a bug in Emacs?
Probably a bug in adjust_point_for_property. Try your recipe after
setting global-disable-point-adjustment non-nil.
> 2. Assuming it is, can you suggest a workaround? I’m hoping for a
> viable solution within my code that’s compatible at least as far back
> as Emacs 24.
A workaround in Lisp? Try making the affected text, or some of it,
invisible, i.e. give it the 'invisible' text property as well. (I
didn't try to test this solution, so I cannot promise it will work.)
> 3. I think it would be better UI if the C-d in the recipe deleted the
> entire run of text that’s getting hidden (more generally, deletion
> commands should behave as if the ¶ is really what’s in the buffer).
> I can’t figure out how to implement that, can you suggest anything?
Why can't you delete every character around point that has this
special property?
> 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).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-05 16:18 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 [this message]
2020-12-05 20:00 ` Zack Weinberg
2020-12-05 20:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-05 20:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
[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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