From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Akib Azmain Turja via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#59841: 29.0.50; 'before-string' text property doesn't work Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:34:24 +0600 Message-ID: <87bkohxi9b.fsf@disroot.org> References: <87sfhtya77.fsf@disroot.org> <834ju98wp5.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Akib Azmain Turja Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19840"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 59841@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 06 05:36:14 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 1p2Pgj-0004yD-VE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:36:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Pgd-0002eY-Nt; Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:36:07 -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 1p2Pgb-0002eB-2S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:36:05 -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 1p2Pga-0001zb-OP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:36:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Pga-0001pp-4e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:36:04 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Akib Azmain Turja Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:36:04 +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=B59841.16703013247001 (code B ref 59841); Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:36:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 59841) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Dec 2022 04:35:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40354 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Pfw-0001or-0I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:35:24 -0500 Original-Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]:34100) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p2Pfs-0001oV-Ey for 59841@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:35:21 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E23F40DC4; Tue, 6 Dec 2022 05:35:19 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: SPAM Filter at disroot.org Original-Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (disroot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Yru0iG51gAI4; Tue, 6 Dec 2022 05:35:17 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1670301317; bh=17frcitFQN2m6sv/2oeSbgPkfWV1bdMRO4ZkByHuIQk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=SpPes8zZI0SPd8jwlnYO6J35ly8cozBze+GV9hyLrT0t/sqeqrIb2IM7F2Y04nKEw rEDsq8IfW7swhbypDQtmTZ7Ie4AvKCSvGNV9LO01T8cYIWXdKb9K153/TmF7I+rwcC qOdAv3VBcj/pUaHZE0023mho3j3PPX3Bb3VR45rya4A2KCj7NtQ8mDX/hIrDu7Pcbj neGPVcu6U79ZzJMgqijl0xSuR4+i6WPXZEz6vR+OB30zgV2ZHiLVij0ZKXkVGqvMzm rnnOYnlfm6hXAKAiCkBAk5KwcKoQKr/NkM52yuvjnI0BpI4k6ezDXwYFiU5uewgkaU uTlrP1nu2zB2Q== In-Reply-To: <834ju98wp5.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 05 Dec 2022 21:41:42 +0200") 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:250086 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:30:52 +0600 >> From: Akib Azmain Turja via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, >> the Swiss army knife of text editors" >>=20 >> The 'Display Margins' node of Emacs Lisp manual says to put >> 'before-string' on text to use the marginal area (is this the correct >> term?) while not altering buffer text. But 'before-string' text >> property doesn't work. >>=20 >> 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' proper= ty > 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 =E2=80=98before-string=E2=80=99 property on the text". The manual should be clear. > And if you want the 'display' property to show text in the margin, you ne= ed > also to use set-window-margins to setup the margin. I know that. =2D-=20 Akib Azmain Turja, GPG key: 70018CE5819F17A3BBA666AFE74F0EFA922AE7F5 Fediverse: akib@hostux.social Codeberg: akib emailselfdefense.fsf.org | "Nothing can be secure without encryption." --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEyVTKmrtL6kNBe3FRVTX89U2IYWsFAmOOxlAACgkQVTX89U2I YWteEQ/+NFcUz28Elr4zX7ZbKAPnKspCLKAnlZ4ZXk/JsCznh7MundeFPfTnWRdI PkrUnf2mnKLKuzUU126ZcLuNw53DxTdabv3KOC4PsCKQfVB9STwrdif47gH8MLlK KAulEDEJv/l6cqfaIZeqS6CK81TtKrhcD9r5FFwPEYdFPD2ooZkRYBgpFNqL2sBs W9KaHTKT+EHr/jjnomKAKWm7HKgh5wDLcw92DQifNt76938sUUn4kdU81dY8ImXw EyxESUku+hXcAN741+YvQsqBj63DnqNEl2bzue1NmhlDT7EIcYOomtunlz/RnOAV 9Oirz5gmwZfbuLK0/PDPYGmEWtMsx3ban8YXMpq2AErwkeXEjii1jTdATA8i2b6s w/0/MXao2fLCov9EL2FUV/a6ts1Wtwu/4chUPCIK8myDXGu8cae3JmH47B4ms/Go LS0cMWqHLNbTsEK1xzl5NyWzAVtakLP30YBhPnCyo3ywiWiLTmqhoMyfANkvnZr1 Onf+fBKsfYAOS8CpEZ3wIt+2bmTyQ4DcSmHcB6ZuLqT2oqrvcxAEBvQ+fDdAfFd9 G8Cwm6G/c9nZe3Rp0+mqDmy03UdXUIOlavfazhrYLhcKz88cnCUC8yYXTApMjgXv nMrZftAaMwU3GCi3RlelvDt66Ks1D3EFzDNO2N0BCS+zysB6jiQ= =9sgx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--