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28.0.50; Can't include an image in a display string

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 42521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42521: 28.0.50; Can't include an image in a display string
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:26:19 +0300

On 25.07.2020 08:54, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>         Recursive display specifications are not supported—STRING’s
>         ‘display’ properties, if any, are not used.

I see, thank you.

But what about other ways to reach the same goal?

Like supporting image spec placed on 'before-string' instead of 'display':

(progn
  (erase-buffer)
  (insert " ")
  (setq o (make-overlay (point-min) (point)))
  (overlay-put o 'display
               (propertize " text after image"
                           'before-string
                           (create-image "splash.svg" nil nil
                                         :max-height
                                         (default-font-height)))))

If this worked, I would actually prefer it.

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