Re: bookmark.el bug report

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>> Better would be to place the text property at BOL so there's no need for
>>>> any forward-char business.
>>> Yes, but remember you have to set properties on the bookmark name
>>> without "*"(annotation), ">"(mark), "D"(mark for deletion).
>>> That occur on third char and not before.
>> Ah, that makes sense.
>> So maybe hardcoding 2 is not such a bad idea, but the important thing
>> is then that the same "hardcoding" be used both where the property is used
>> and where it's set.
> Yes, it's why start was set to (point + 2) in *-bmenu-list in my original
> patch.(It is like that in bookmark-extensions.el).

Yes, that's what I figured in the mean time.
So we should probably revert to the "+2" (tho it also has its
downside).  But please use a defconst to hold the "2".


        Stefan