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

[Stefan Monnier]

>> IIRC it can be an overlay (zero-width or other) with an
>> `after/before-string` with `display` property.
> I tried that now, but then I couldn't move point to the displayed
> string?

Indeed, you can click on it with the mouse, but I don't think we offer
a mechanism to do that from the keyboard (not sure if clicking with the
mouse in a tty can do it either).

That's a problem we should fix regardless of this discussion.

>>> 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.

[ Hmm... sorry for this brain misfire.  Instead of "with property"
  I distinctly remember intending to write "without overlay".
  Probably an alpha particle hitting my brain just at the wrong
  moment, flipping some neuron.  ]


        Stefan