Re: Faces don't work in overlays

[Ehud Karni]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 17:04:28 +0200, 520054004144-0001@t-online.de (Pascal 
Wassong) wrote:
> 
> Below is part of a elisp code :
> 
>       (let ((eol-overlay (make-overlay arg (1+ arg))))
>       (overlay-put eol-overlay 'after-string "some text")
>       (overlay-put eol-overlay 'face 'font-lock-comment-face))
> 
> I create an overlay and want to show it in a specific face.  This
> does not work.

You may have problem with the overlay priority. Try to add:
    (overlay-put eol-overlay 'priority 999) 

I checked your code (with and without my addition) and it works (both
times), but when a higher priority overlay is over spanning it, the
face is not shown (this is solved by my addition).

Ehud.


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