From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15899: 24.3.50; regression: `region' overlay is lower priority than default Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:25:46 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20137354-f982-4314-9c09-21a5fbc36557@default> <83ob5mi02j.fsf@gnu.org> <83bo1liv80.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384565177 20377 80.91.229.3 (16 Nov 2013 01:26:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15899@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 16 02:26:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUeS-00014J-NM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:26:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34458 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUeS-00085r-8W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:26:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37788) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUeI-00084t-1Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:26:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUeA-0006Z3-Kl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:26:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42374) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUeA-0006Yz-Ha for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:26:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUeA-0004jT-5r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:26:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15899 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15899-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15899.138456515518178 (code B ref 15899); Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15899) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2013 01:25:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56393 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUe2-0004j7-IS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:25:54 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:56270) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VhUdz-0004iq-Vc for 15899@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:25:52 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFsoXRM/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFsoXRM/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="38031943" Original-Received: from 108-161-116-76.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO fmsmemgm.homelinux.net) ([108.161.116.76]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 15 Nov 2013 20:25:46 -0500 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 26518AE21D; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:25:46 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83bo1liv80.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:40:47 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:80624 Archived-At: > Isn't it confusing that the region highlighting is non-contiguous when > an overlay is in its middle? 1- you need more than "an overlay in its middle": you need this overlay to put a face property that happens to completely cancel the region's own face properties (since the `face' properties of overlapping overlays are merged). 2- I don't think it's particularly confusing, no. Usually the context makes it pretty clear, and if the user is surprised at some point, that surprise will most likely not last very long. So, no, I don't really think it's a bug. > What are the downsides of setting the region overlay's priority to > most-positive-fixnum? I most-positive-fixnum-ly hate overlay priorities. Stefan