GNU bug report logs - #11756
24.1.50; mode-line string and properties

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 11756 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Andreas Schwab'" <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>,
	"'Michael Heerdegen'" <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 11756 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#11756: 24.1.50; mode-line string and properties
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:01:33 -0700

> > to see with a short recipe that there is something wrong, 
> > try this in emacs -Q:
> >
> >   (setq A-red_B-C
> >         '(:eval (concat "A" (propertize "B" 'face 
> >                              'font-lock-warning-face) "C"))
> 
> The property merging done by display_mode_element is very 
> simple-minded.  Only the properties on the first character
> are used, and it is assumed that they are placed over the
> whole string.

So I guess that's what needs to be fixed then.
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