From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: indentation via text or overlay property?
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 15:56:34 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EE50292.6000100@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5l3cinf1i5.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>(let ((lbp (line-beginning-position)))
>> (overlay-put (make-overlay lbp lbp)
>> 'display '(space :align-to 4)))
>>
>
> Does it work with text-properties ? How about with a non-empty overlay ?
> It's a part of the code that hasn't seen much use yet, so there might
> be bugs.
Yes, it works with non-empty overlays, and with a text property assigned to the
first character on the line. But the empty overlay case seems to be a bug.
>>(let ((lbp (line-beginning-position)))
>> (overlay-put (make-overlay lbp lbp)
>> 'string-before (make-string 4 ? )))
>>
>
> The `string-before' should be `before-string' and it should work
> because it's been around (and used) for a long time.
Doh! I think that's the best solution for my problem.
Thanks for your help,
--
<a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-09 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-04 19:13 indentation via text or overlay property? Kevin Rodgers
2003-06-04 21:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-06 16:23 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-06-06 16:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-06 18:09 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-06-06 19:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-09 21:56 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2003-06-09 22:57 ` Stefan Monnier
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