From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#59841: 29.0.50; 'before-string' text property doesn't work Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:19:15 +0200 Message-ID: <83sfhs7mik.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87sfhtya77.fsf@disroot.org> <834ju98wp5.fsf@gnu.org> <87bkohxi9b.fsf@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8796"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 59841@debbugs.gnu.org To: Akib Azmain Turja Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 06 13:32:57 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p2X83-00022T-WC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:32:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Wvb-0003R0-Km; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Wva-0003QX-1v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:20:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p2WvZ-0006Wi-PL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:20:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p2WvZ-0006zV-Ky for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:20:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:20:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 59841 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 59841-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B59841.167032917626861 (code B ref 59841); Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:20:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 59841) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Dec 2022 12:19:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42669 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Wv9-0006zB-TN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:19:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56662) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Wv8-0006z5-5l for 59841@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:19:34 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Wv2-0006UG-Vx; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:19:28 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=/LaeqdEaKnWdX/8PsaNpfuGilgIUdQGjATkm1925tKQ=; b=Nfe1jY+xTadhZQJz0S/U 1qLluiGuzQNb6gv4hjKvN8eEu5pjgjQc0zuzxz6bVU+jyH/OdIhajaVgmB55uh2QMvVneeGAUDM+/ olwffdsMgdUTWTYJTa5XmzXsfOpOGewTxFMnnhyna86QHQw4dpVvRmzLvnP5VU63cKZv6E6JMqOsS QLJTt7MDKHDJYVAsjF07h0HScmsS8F/Xeihe3OQlXQPXzPk8w1vbWI3s2scDvy8xIAiBeuAsbCIU+ z69/RUfRfvDlWENiBfokz+u7bATnlBoY/ftCUNTq10CMOAsc8ZBQJzTpUlMVy/MF7p6AinmmG5ILV gaPf5GficaKFsQ==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Wv2-0005Pb-5w; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:19:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87bkohxi9b.fsf@disroot.org> (message from Akib Azmain Turja on Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:34:24 +0600) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:250102 Archived-At: > From: Akib Azmain Turja > Cc: 59841@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:34:24 +0600 > > >> Steps: 1. Open a clean fundamental mode buffer. > >> 2. (insert (propertize "foo" 'before-string "bar")) > >> 3. The buffer shows only "foo", but not "bar" before it. > > > > The code is incorrect: 'before-string' is an overlay property, not a text > > property. So you need to define an overlay with a 'before-string' property > > whose value is a string, and put a 'display' property on that string. > > > > If that code is incorrect, the 'Display Margins' node of Emacs Lisp > manual is also wrong. On the fourth paragraph, it says, "put a > ‘before-string’ property on the text". When did you last read the text of that node? ;-) > The manual should be clear. Yes, of course.