* Displaying the cursor inside an overlay?
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@ 2022-01-09 9:41 ` Po Lu
2022-01-09 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Po Lu @ 2022-01-09 9:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Is there a way to display the (bar) cursor at some position inside an
overlay's before or after string?
Thanks.
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* Re: Displaying the cursor inside an overlay?
2022-01-09 9:41 ` Displaying the cursor inside an overlay? Po Lu
@ 2022-01-09 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-09 10:51 ` Po Lu
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-01-09 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:41:44 +0800
>
> Is there a way to display the (bar) cursor at some position inside an
> overlay's before or after string?
Use the 'cursor' property on the string. (This doesn't depend on the
cursor's shape, so it should work with a bar cursor as it does with a
block cursor.)
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* Re: Displaying the cursor inside an overlay?
2022-01-09 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2022-01-09 10:51 ` Po Lu
2022-01-09 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Po Lu @ 2022-01-09 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
>> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:41:44 +0800
>>
>> Is there a way to display the (bar) cursor at some position inside an
>> overlay's before or after string?
>
> Use the 'cursor' property on the string. (This doesn't depend on the
> cursor's shape, so it should work with a bar cursor as it does with a
> block cursor.)
Thanks, I must've missed that. I see it in the index of the Lisp
reference manual now.
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* Re: Displaying the cursor inside an overlay?
2022-01-09 10:51 ` Po Lu
@ 2022-01-09 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-09 12:14 ` Po Lu
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-01-09 12:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:51:54 +0800
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > Use the 'cursor' property on the string. (This doesn't depend on the
> > cursor's shape, so it should work with a bar cursor as it does with a
> > block cursor.)
>
> Thanks, I must've missed that. I see it in the index of the Lisp
> reference manual now.
Yes, but judging by the code you installed, I'm not sure you used the
property correctly. It's supposed to be on a single character, and
AFAIU your use case its value should be t, not a number.
(This discussion should probably move to emacs-devel.)
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* Re: Displaying the cursor inside an overlay?
2022-01-09 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2022-01-09 12:14 ` Po Lu
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From: Po Lu @ 2022-01-09 12:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
>> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:51:54 +0800
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > Use the 'cursor' property on the string. (This doesn't depend on the
>> > cursor's shape, so it should work with a bar cursor as it does with a
>> > block cursor.)
>>
>> Thanks, I must've missed that. I see it in the index of the Lisp
>> reference manual now.
> Yes, but judging by the code you installed, I'm not sure you used the
> property correctly. It's supposed to be on a single character, and
> AFAIU your use case its value should be t, not a number.
Ahh, thanks, I understand now. Dunno why it seemed to work: probably my
input method is set up in some queer way.
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