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24.3.93; posn-at-point intermittently returns wrong value for a valid buffer position

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18504: 24.3.93;	posn-at-point intermittently returns wrong value for a valid buffer	position
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:06:47 +0400

On 09/19/2014 06:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> I'm not quite sure how we get to that point, to be honest.
>
> ??? Your recipe includes fast presses on C-/ and C-g.  Or did I
> misunderstand?

Yes. I'm not sure how we get there code-wise, though.

>> I get:
>>
>> company--col-row zero!
>> then:
>> (0 . 198)
>
> Thanks, but with what sequence of commands do you get that?

Same as previously described, no change there. Just make sure to (setq 
bidi-display-reordering nil). When it's t, `posn-at-point' (likewise 
intermittently) returns a differentl wrong value.

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