Subject: Re: bug#23079: 25.0.92; Movement commands leave cursor in invisible line

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:02:02 +0100

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

> > Seems that works only for the invisible text property.  In Magit,
> > they use overlays to make text invisible, and stickiness of text
> > properties has not effect there.
>
> For overlays, you need to use the insertion-type of the beg/end marker.
> See the FRONT-ADVANCE and REAR-ADVANCE args of make-overlay.

Hmm, that doesn't seem to work:

(progn
  (insert "111" "\n222\n")
  (let ((beg (point)) end)
    (insert "333\n444\n")
    (setq end (point))
    (insert "555\n666\n")
    (overlay-put
     (make-overlay beg end nil t t)
     'invisible t)
    (goto-char 1)
    (hl-line-mode +1)))

Michael.