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Re: Display problems with 'before-string in overlay


From: Chong Yidong
Subject: Re: Display problems with 'before-string in overlay
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:16:59 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux)

"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:

>> However, it is dangerous to change string_buffer_position right
>> now, because it's called from several places in xdisp.c.  Changing
>> its behavior runs a serious risk of introducing subtle bugs.
>
> Maybe. They are either in set_cursor_from_row or note_mouse_highlight.

In the past, we've had point-is-completely-stuck bugs originating from
the former code, and crash bugs from the latter.




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