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#21468: 24.5; When next-line (visual) crosses overlay with before-string="\n" point goes to column 0 Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:50:01 +0300 Message-ID: <83zj0q9k0m.fsf@gnu.org> References: <834miybogz.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1442173881 12662 80.91.229.3 (13 Sep 2015 19:51:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21468@debbugs.gnu.org To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 13 21:51:10 2015 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 1ZbDIs-0001cs-0Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:51:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36915 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbDIr-0005YS-El for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:51:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59834) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbDIn-0005XR-8Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:51:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbDIk-0004Sx-2f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38841) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbDIj-0004Ss-Vd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbDIj-00065i-PJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:51:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21468 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21468-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21468.144217380923351 (code B ref 21468); Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21468) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Sep 2015 19:50:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59284 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbDHt-00064Z-19 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout26.012.net.il ([80.179.55.182]:57495) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbDHp-00064O-Bo for 21468@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:50:06 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout26.012.net.il by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NUM00G00RS4Z300@mtaout26.012.net.il> for 21468@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:52:29 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NUM00CO5SJHKI50@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:52:29 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:106488 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:20:04 -0400 > From: Noam Postavsky > Cc: 21468-done@debbugs.gnu.org > > > why can't Magit simply change the buffer text to be what it wants to > > display? why does it need to use an overlay string? > > In this particular case, the overlays are delimiting a "magit region" > (consisting of whole logical lines touched by Emacs' region), having > them as actual text in the buffer would interfere with point movement > even more. Sorry, I don't understand: how can buffer contents interfere with cursor motion? > Or at least, that's what I saw when I tried just now to do something > similar with text properties: > > (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*text property test*") > (erase-buffer) > (insert-file "next-line-fail.el") > (let ((pos 65)) > (goto-char pos) > (insert (propertize (concat (propertize "\s" 'display '(space :height (1))) > (propertize "\n" 'line-height t)) > 'face 'highlight)) > (pop-to-buffer (current-buffer)))) Please elaborate: what problems do you wee in this example?