bug#28595: In mode-line-format, `:propertize' drops some existing text properties

["Clément Pit--Claudel" <clement.pitclaudel@live.com>]

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On 2017-09-25 20:52, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On September 24, 2017 2:03:02 PM GMT+01:00, "Clément Pit--Claudel" <clement.pitclaudel@live.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Based on the docs, the three following forms should yield the same
>> results:
>>
>> (format-mode-line `(:propertize #("AB" 1 2 (x 0)) y 0))
>> (format-mode-line `(:propertize ("A" #("B" 0 1 (x 0))) y 0))
>> (format-mode-line '(:propertize ("A" (:propertize "B" x 0)) y 0))
>>
>> But they don't:
>>
>> (format-mode-line `(:propertize #("AB" 1 2 (x 0)) y 0))
>> => #("AB" 0 2 (y 0)) ;; x 0 is dropped
>>
>> (format-mode-line '(:propertize ("A" (:propertize "B" x 0)) y 0))
>> ⇒ #("AB" 0 1 (y 0) 1 2 (x 0)) ;; y 0 is dropped on 1..2
>>
>> (format-mode-line `(:propertize ("A" #("B" 0 1 (x 0))) y 0))
>> ⇒ #("AB" 0 1 (y 0) 1 2 (y 0 x 0)) ;; Seems right
>>
>> Am I misreading the docs?
>> Clément.
> 
> You already asked the same in bug#26291.

Ouch. Sorry.


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