On 01/07/2016 12:03 PM, Clément Pit--Claudel wrote: >> You can read the discussion which led to the current implementation >> here: >> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2005-04/msg00338.html Interestingly, even after disabling the fix for the issue that led to it, I can't reproduce the issue posted there. Instead, I get the behaviour that I described in my previous mail. Am I doing it wrong? From 7648ca61042cd6c54bce94ce9f8938e176a8d083 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Cl=C3=A9ment=20Pit--Claudel?= Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 12:30:30 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Don't set overlay face to default --- src/xdisp.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c index b18bfd0..4ddae50 100644 --- a/src/xdisp.c +++ b/src/xdisp.c @@ -4586,8 +4586,9 @@ setup_for_ellipsis (struct it *it, int len) /* Remember the current face id in case glyphs specify faces. IT's face is restored in set_iterator_to_next. saved_face_id was set to preceding char's face in handle_stop. */ - if (it->saved_face_id < 0 || it->saved_face_id != it->face_id) - it->saved_face_id = it->face_id = DEFAULT_FACE_ID; + /* if (it->saved_face_id < 0 || it->saved_face_id != it->face_id) */ + /* it->saved_face_id = it->face_id = DEFAULT_FACE_ID; */ /* If the ellipsis represents buffer text, it means we advanced in the buffer, so we should no longer ignore overlay strings. */ -- 2.7.0