GNU bug report logs - #37829
27.0.50; Overlay behaviour changed without documentation.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>

Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 09:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>
Cc: 37829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, all_but_last <at> 163.com
Subject: bug#37829: 27.0.50; Overlay behaviour changed without documentation.
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 22:15:23 +0300

> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:14:18 +0800
> From: Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>
> Cc: Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>,
> 	37829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 
> I'm puzzled that we already have :extend, but when I set the end of an overlay
> to the EOL, the face of overlay still don't cover the whole line.

The position you use as the end of the overlay is one position after
the end of the text that is affected by the overlay.  Remember: in
Emacs, a buffer position is between two characters.
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