Re: bug of display-table & make-glyph-code

[Richard Stallman]

    > If after deleting them one can still set up the display table to send
    > a string when a certain character needs to be displayed, I'm okay with
    > that change.  (Just don't forget to mention it in NEWS.)

    I think we can allow one to store a unibyte-string directly
    in the display table for that purpose.

It looks like this is possible; it does not conflict with the other
uses of the display table.  However, why does one want to do this
nowadays?