GNU bug report logs - #13399
24.3.50; Word-wrap can't wrap at zero-width space U-200B

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:31:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13399: 24.3.50;
	Word-wrap can't wrap at zero-width space U-200B
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:22:29 +0000 (GMT)

martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:
>> No, it's because, when mouse highlight finds a character with
>> mouse-face, it looks forward for the first character without that
>> face, and highlights everything in between.
>
> I thought so.  Seems like zero-width spaces is the only means to fix
> this.

You can insert invisible text in between the characters, such as

    (propertize " " 'invisible t)

        Christopher
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