GNU bug report logs - #19200
Point adjustment moves *into* invisible text

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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, jonas <at> bernoul.li, 19200 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19200: Point adjustment moves *into* invisible text
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:49:18 -0700

>>>>> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> E.g. if you use overlays to make the text invisible, then (by default) the
> position's invisibility is the same as the following character's (which is
> what you seem to like). For text-properties, by default it's the reverse
> (i.e. the position's visibility is the same as the *preceding* character).

This certainly sounds like an unfortunate discrepancy. How historical is it?

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