GNU bug report logs - #21468
24.5; When next-line (visual) crosses overlay with before-string="\n" point goes to column 0

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21468: 24.5; When next-line (visual) crosses overlay with before-string="\n" point goes to column 0
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 12:51:06 -0400

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:37:43 -0400
>> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
>> Cc: 21468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> The 2nd case
>>
>>    emacs -Q -l 21468-overlay.el -f 21468-test-eol-col-movement
>>
>> then hit C-e C-n. Point lands at the end of line 8 instead of line 8,
>> column 33 which is what happens when there is no overlay.
>
> This is not a bug: vertical-motion doesn't know about the 'cursor'
> property, so it works as if the property didn't exist.

Okay, that makes sense, but it means this approach is worse than
overlayed newlines for magit.

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