Subject: bug#10395: 24.0.92; line-prefix text inherits face properties from the preceding line rather than following text

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:30:25 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> So my vote is to leave this as it works now, and maybe document this
> to avoid surprises.

Agreed about leaving this alone for now, though I'd rather not commit to
documenting it as "the" behavior just yet.

OTOH, the "expected" behavior would be for the line-prefix not to
inherit face properties at all, much like overlay before-strings.