Re: Confusion regarding invisible text

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

David <de_bb@arcor.de> wrote:

> This seems to imply that cursor movement would skip over invisible text,
> or am I misunderstanding this paragraph? I'd appreciate if someone could
> explain this behavior to me, and maybe also how to best avoid a
> situation like the above.

I come to the same conclusions as you, David, and think this is a bug.
Please report it using M-x report-emacs-bug.

Surprisingly, it works as expected when using overlays, i.e.:

(save-excursion
  (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "invtest"))
  (erase-buffer)
  (insert "xxxx\naaaaa\nbbbbb\n")
  (goto-char (point-min))
  (forward-line 1)
  (let ((ov (make-overlay (point) (1+ (point-at-eol)))))
    (overlay-put ov 'invisible t)))


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher