Subject: 28.2; overlay before/after-string does not render more than one fringe display spec
From: "Josh Caswell" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:05:10 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

An overlay `before-string' or `after-string' property with both left and right fringe display specs only seems to render the first spec.

*Demonstration*:
- Launch GUI Emacs with the -q flag
- In an Elisp buffer, define these two commands

(defun insert-two-squares ()
  (interactive)
  (insert (propertize " " 'display [(left-fringe hollow-square)
				    (right-fringe hollow-square)])))

(defun overlay-two-squares (right-first)
  (interactive "P")
  (remove-overlays)
  (let ((ov (make-overlay (point) (point)))
	(specs [(left-fringe hollow-square)
		 (right-fringe hollow-square)]))
    (overlay-put ov 'before-string
		 (propertize " "
			     'display
			     (if right-first
				 (reverse specs)
			       specs)))))

- Switch to a new test buffer
- Invoke `insert-two-squares'; observe that both left and right fringes display a hollow square
- Delete the inserted character (fringe bitmaps disappear)
- Invoke `overlay-two-squares'; observe that only the left fringe displays a hollow square
- Invoke `overlay-two-squares' prefixed with `C-u'; observe that only the _right_ fringe displays the hollow square

The same behavior is seen if the overlay property is `after-string' rather than `before-string'.

*Expectation*:
Based on the display spec documentation I would expect the overlay to render fringes the same way as an inserted propertized string.

In GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.1.0, NS appkit-2113.00 Version 12.0.1 (Build 21A559))
of 2022-09-12 built on armbob.lan
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