On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Lennart Borgman
<lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Stefan Monnier
> <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>> Didn't I send something for that long ago? I am not sure anymore.
>>
>> No idea.
>>
>>> I am not even sure I understand the code. Is it just a simple change
>>> in face_at_buffer_position in xfaces.c that is needed?
>>
>> No.  This is a change to overlays and hence affects all properties, not
>> just `face'.  Maybe it'll also require changes in xfaces.c as well, but the
>> core change should be somewhat around the code that implements
>> functionality like get-char-property.
>
> Thanks, forgot. I looked up all places calling sort_overlays and
> changed the relevant ones (I skipped mouse overlays).


I have attached the patch. Could someone please check and install it
to the trunk (unless there are no objections).


PS: If someone could tell me how I could do this from my checkout from
Launchpad I would be glad to do it myself the next time.