Re: Tweaking the output of `C-h b'

[Stefan Monnier]

> buttons, then?  Zero-length overlays with display/local-map properties
> at the start of the line?  No, doesn't seem to work...

IIRC it can be an overlay (zero-width or other) with an
`after/before-string` with `display` property.

> An overlay covering the first character, and then repeating the first
> char as the last element in the display property?  Yes, that's seems to
> work.

And this should also work with a property (i.e. as a text-property), IIRC.


        Stefan