From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 15899@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15899: 24.3.50; regression: `region' overlay is lower priority than default
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:43:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8338mxipix.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00aa91d2-10a2-4a78-bb95-042d1596a41c@default>
> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 07:55:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 15899@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > Isn't it confusing that the region highlighting is non-contiguous
> > when an overlay is in its middle?
>
> Yes. And when a `face' or other display-related text property is
> in its middle. Or is at either end. Or extends across the whole
> region (which includes when the region is in the middle of a
> stretch of highlighting). I know from experience with the new
> (and old) behavior.
>
> Such situations are visually confusing to users. And they can
> complicate operating on text properties and, more generally,
> using text properties and overlays.
>
> This change should be reverted as soon as possible.
It needs not be reverted, I think. We just need to make the priority
of the region overlay higher than any other overlay.
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2013-11-15 15:55 ` bug#15899: 24.3.50; regression: `region' overlay is lower priority than default Drew Adams
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2013-11-15 17:14 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-15 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-14 22:57 Drew Adams
2013-11-15 7:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-15 13:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-15 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-15 15:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-15 16:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-15 22:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-16 8:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-16 9:51 ` Jarek Czekalski
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2013-11-16 14:43 ` Jarek Czekalski
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2013-11-16 16:23 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-16 16:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-16 22:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-16 22:42 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-16 10:25 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-16 11:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-16 13:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-16 16:30 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-16 16:20 ` Drew Adams
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2013-11-16 1:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-16 9:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-16 17:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-16 18:01 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-16 22:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-17 12:25 ` Daniel Colascione
2013-11-17 15:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-02-10 4:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2013-11-15 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-16 1:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-16 3:47 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-15 16:53 ` Barry OReilly
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