Re: address@hidden: Overlay string not displayed on text with `display' property]

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     I agree with you about not making nontrivial changes before the
>     release.  But I don't think that it is not worth the trouble in the
>     long term.  First, images are usually displayed using the `display'
>     property, and overlay strings are not shown before them.
>
> It seems to me that the right thing is that a before-string on the
> first character under the image and an after-string on the last
> character under the image ought to appear.
>
> Does anyone disagree?

I agree -- and that is exactly what the patch I submitted does.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk