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25.0.50; visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump

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From: dunni <at> gnu.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 15:47:00 -0500

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emacs -Q output.txt
M-x visual-line-mode
;; Scroll just after the long line of text in the middle of the screen,
;; then position the cursor at the first character at that visual line.
C-M-: (add-text-properties (point) (1+ (point)) '(invisible t))
next-line
recenter-top-bottom
previous-line

The cursor should jump to the top of the screen.  This isn't always the
case, as it sometimes moves to the bottom.  It seems to only happen when
the window needs to be repositioned.

As you may be able to tell from the output below, I'm running from the
emacs-25 branch.

[output.txt (text/plain, attachment)]

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In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.5)
 of 2015-12-02
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Message #8 received at 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: dunni <at> gnu.org
Cc: 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22098: 25.0.50;
 visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2015 05:42:44 +0200

> From: dunni <at> gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 15:47:00 -0500
> 
> emacs -Q output.txt
> M-x visual-line-mode
> ;; Scroll just after the long line of text in the middle of the screen,
> ;; then position the cursor at the first character at that visual line.
> C-M-: (add-text-properties (point) (1+ (point)) '(invisible t))
> next-line
> recenter-top-bottom
> previous-line
> 
> The cursor should jump to the top of the screen.  This isn't always the
> case, as it sometimes moves to the bottom.  It seems to only happen when
> the window needs to be repositioned.

I seem to be unable to reproduce this on my system.  Maybe I didn't
understand the exact place where to put the invisible property.  What
is the value of point there?

Also, is it really necessary to invoke the commands via M-x, or do you
see the same problem when you use C-n, C-l, and C-p instead?

Finally, your build is slightly outdated, so perhaps see if the
problem persists with the current emacs-25 branch.

Thanks.

Message #11 received at 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22098: 25.0.50;
 visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:28:57 -0500

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>
> I seem to be unable to reproduce this on my system.  Maybe I didn't
> understand the exact place where to put the invisible property.  What
> is the value of point there?
>

Move point to the start of logical line 19, then move point one visual
line up.  Set that character to be invisible, then move point back to
the start of logical line 19.  Re-position the window twice, then move
point up one visible line.

M-g M-g 19
C-p
C-M-: (add-text-properties (point) (1+ (point)) '(invisible t))
C-n
C-l C-l
C-p

> Also, is it really necessary to invoke the commands via M-x, or do you
> see the same problem when you use C-n, C-l, and C-p instead?
>

I try not to assume that everyone has the same key-bindings as me, so I
thought it might help to use the actual command names.  As far as I can
tell, it makes no difference.

> Finally, your build is slightly outdated, so perhaps see if the
> problem persists with the current emacs-25 branch.
>
> Thanks.

I updated my build to the most recent version of the emacs-25 branch,
but the problem still persists.  I forgot to mention in my original
report that this seems similar to bug #17047
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2014-03/msg00804.html).
It looks like the old bug addressed the problem with forward-char and
backward-char.  I've checked with next-line, but I've never seen it
happen before.  I only ever see this problem with previous-line.

Thanks for your quick response.

Message #14 received at 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22098: 25.0.50;
 visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:34:09 +0200

> From: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:28:57 -0500
> 
> M-g M-g 19
> C-p
> C-M-: (add-text-properties (point) (1+ (point)) '(invisible t))
> C-n
> C-l C-l
> C-p

Thanks.  With this recipe, I do see some unusual behavior of the
cursor, but not the one you described.  On my system, the cursor stays
at its position before the final C-p, then, a fraction of second
later, jumps to its correct position.  It doesn't stay at the top line
of the window.

> > Also, is it really necessary to invoke the commands via M-x, or do you
> > see the same problem when you use C-n, C-l, and C-p instead?
> 
> I try not to assume that everyone has the same key-bindings as me, so I
> thought it might help to use the actual command names.

Yes, but you should be aware that this might make a difference for
redisplay problems: typing M-x causes a mildly thorough redisplay, so
it might obscure some problems and cause some others.  That's why I
asked.

> I forgot to mention in my original report that this seems similar to
> bug #17047
> (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2014-03/msg00804.html).
> It looks like the old bug addressed the problem with forward-char
> and backward-char.  I've checked with next-line, but I've never seen
> it happen before.  I only ever see this problem with previous-line.

No, that's a different problem.  The problem discussed here happens
because point moves outside the window to the place that's invisible.
By contrast, bug #17047 was about a situation where the goal position
was visible in the window at all times.

Anyway, I fixed the problem I see here in commit cca5629 on the
emacs-25 branch.  Please see if your problem is solved by that change.

Thanks.

Message #17 received at 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22098: 25.0.50;
 visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:33:39 -0500

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> I try not to assume that everyone has the same key-bindings as me, so I
>> thought it might help to use the actual command names.
>
> Yes, but you should be aware that this might make a difference for
> redisplay problems: typing M-x causes a mildly thorough redisplay, so
> it might obscure some problems and cause some others.  That's why I
> asked.
>

I did not know that.  Thanks for the tip.

> Anyway, I fixed the problem I see here in commit cca5629 on the
> emacs-25 branch.  Please see if your problem is solved by that change.
>
> Thanks.

Thanks once again for the quick response, and my apologies for my
sluggish response.

That fixed the problem in that sample I gave to you, but I noticed a
similar problem that I just figured out how to replicate:

  emacs -Q output.txt
  visual-line-mode
  global-hl-line-mode
  M-g M-g 19
  C-p
  C-M-: (add-text-properties (point) (1+ (point)) '(invisible t))
  C-p
  C-l C-l
  C-n C-n
  C-p

What I see happen is point jump to exactly half-way down the window.
This only seems to happen when the invisible text is on the second
visual line of the window, but the start of the line isn't the first.

To demonstrate this, here is what I see when I encounter the bug:

words are formatted and printed--emacs outshines all other editing software in approximately the same
way that the noonday sun does the stars. It is not just bigger and brighter; it simply makes
everything else vanish.

I make the 'w' in "way" invisible (since making the 'e' in "everything"
invisible causes that word to jump to the previous visual line), and
re-position the window such that "words" is the first visible word in
the window (So those three lines are the first three visual lines of the
window).  Then, I move point down two visual lines, and then try to move
it back up so it is over the word "ay" (way with an invisible "w").
When I do, the cursor (and I assume point) immediately jumps to one line
above the middle of the window.  I verified this last bit by moving the
cursor in an adjacent window to the exact center, and comparing.  The
cursor in the first window appears to be exactly one line above center.

Also, it only happens when global-hl-line-mode is also active.

If the involvement of global-hl-line-mode in this constitutes a separate
bug, then just let me know so I can file another report.

I updated output.txt with with additional (actual) text, so to verify
that we are in fact using the same file, I've attached it again.

Once again, thank you for your help.

Ian Dunn

[output.txt (text/plain, attachment)]

Message #20 received at 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22098: 25.0.50;
 visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:13:43 -0500

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>
> The evil hl-line-mode, sigh...
>
> Fixed in commit d75849e on the emacs-25 branch.  Thanks for the
> recipe.
>

Fix verified.  Thanks for all of your help, Eli.

Ian

Message #25 received at 22098-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22098-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22098: 25.0.50;
 visual-line-mode and invisible text causes cursor to jump
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:40:06 +0200

> From: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 22098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:13:43 -0500
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >
> > The evil hl-line-mode, sigh...
> >
> > Fixed in commit d75849e on the emacs-25 branch.  Thanks for the
> > recipe.
> >
> 
> Fix verified.  Thanks for all of your help, Eli.

Thanks, closing.

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