GNU bug report logs - #45054
27.1; Can get point into the middle of a run of characters with a replacing display spec

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Zack Weinberg <zackw <at> panix.com>

Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 15:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

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Message #20 received at 45054 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: zackw <at> panix.com
Cc: 45054 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45054: 27.1;
 Can get point into the middle of a run of characters with a replacing
 display spec
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:30:03 +0200

> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:18:15 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 45054 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > 4. Is there a better way to do this sort of visual replacement of runs
> >    of text?  This is the first time I’ve done any serious elisp
> >    programming, I might have missed something.
> 
> Sounds the right way to me (modulo making the text invisible).

As an alternative, you could try the technique used by
prettify-symbols-mode.
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