GNU bug report logs - #11068
24.0.94; Face-remapped background does not extend to end of window

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Message #91 received at 11068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: darthandrus <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 11068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	cyd <at> stupidchicken.com
Subject: Re: bug#11068: 24.0.94;	Face-remapped background does not extend
	to end of window
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:44:27 +0200

> Nitpick, you want (make-overlay (point-max) (point-max) nil t t) if you
> want to create an overlay "at EOB" rather than "right after the char
> which is currently at (point-max)".

In my use case I always deleted the overlay before redisplay and
recreated it anew to account for possible changes in window height.

> Cursor positioning should be
> sensitive to these kinds of stickiness details, although IIRC it
> currently isn't.

Unfortunately it isn't.  I then played with all sorts of 'display
'before-string properties, arguments, and whatever I could apply
(some ten years ago).

martin

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