From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13863: 24.2; Cursor position after after-string on overlay at point-max Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:37:21 +0200 Message-ID: <83wqtmsej2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83mwuktc36.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1362454728 7746 80.91.229.3 (5 Mar 2013 03:38:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 03:38:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: magnars@gmail.com, 13863@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 05 04:39:11 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UCiic-0002ZA-Vq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:39:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45107 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCiiH-0007NF-FA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:38:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56862) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCiiD-0007Mw-VQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:38:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCiiC-0005Gf-Sl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:38:45 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55386) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCiiC-0005GY-PU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:38:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UCiiU-0001E7-IK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:39:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13863 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13863-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13863.13624547024639 (code B ref 13863); Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13863) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2013 03:38:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59495 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UCihn-0001Ch-50 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:38:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:41116) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UCihf-0001CM-04 for 13863@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:38:14 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MJ6005004NWA800@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 13863@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:37:27 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MJ6005R64QF1P60@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:37:27 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:72100 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: "Eli Zaretskii" , 13863@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:43:07 -0500 > > Actually, I don't think backward compatibility is a big issue in this > case. The more real problem is that it's difficult to fix: IIRC last > time I looked at this code, at the point where the cursor is displayed, > we don't have easy access to the needed info (we have access to the > sequence of displayed chars, and their provenance, but their provenance > only says "this (after) string" without any reference to the > corresponding overlay). That is correct.