Re: [ELPA] New package proposal: visual-path-abbrev.el

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>]

> Haven't tried it yet, but it sounds like maybe it's just a plain bug in
> cursor-sensor.

Indeed, it seems the patch below fixes it (IOW, the problem was that
the code handled text-properties correctly but not overlay properties).


        Stefan


diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el
index a21d78998a..66b940f7fb 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ cursor-sensor--detect
         (setcdr old nil))
       (if (or (and (null new) (null (cdr old)))
               (and (eq new (cdr old))
-                   (eq (next-single-property-change
+                   (eq (next-single-char-property-change
                         start 'cursor-sensor-functions nil end)
                        end)))
           ;; Clearly nothing to do.
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ cursor-sensor--detect
                   (let ((pos start)
                         (missing nil))
                     (while (< pos end)
-                      (setq pos (next-single-property-change
+                      (setq pos (next-single-char-property-change
                                  pos 'cursor-sensor-functions
                                  nil end))
                       (unless (memq f (get-char-property