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Emacs no longer moves point into visible port of the buffer

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Message #41 received at 57433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>,
 57433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57433: Emacs no longer moves point into visible port of the
 buffer
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:07:49 +0200

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> Paul, please see that your original problem is now solved.

No, don't see any change in behavior.

> (Btw, I think it's a subtle bug in Magit that it assumes cursor motion
> will never end up on invisible text in such buffers.)

I don't think it is a bug. It is explicitly promised in Elisp manual as I
see:

> 22.6 Adjusting Point After Commands
> ===================================
>
> Emacs cannot display the cursor when point is in the middle of a
> sequence of text that has the ‘display’ or ‘composition’ property, or is
> *invisible*.  Therefore, after a command finishes and returns to the
> command loop, if point is within such a sequence, the command loop
> normally moves point to the edge of the sequence, making this sequence
> effectively intangible.

That's why, btw, I couldn't create a testcase: I don't know how to emulate
command loop.

Paul

On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 at 13:08, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> > Cc: 57433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  pogonyshev <at> gmail.com
> > Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:43:18 +0200
> >
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> >
> > >> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> > >> Cc: 57433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  pogonyshev <at> gmail.com
> > >> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:02:32 +0200
> > >>
> > >> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> > >>
> > >> > Does Magit turn on truncate-lines in the affected buffer, or cause
> > >> > them be truncated due to partial-width windows?  If it does, I might
> > >> > have an idea what could cause the OP's problem.
> > >>
> > >> Yes, truncate-lines it t.
> > >
> > > In that case, can you see if the patch below solves the original issue
> > > with Magit?
> >
> > Works for me.  Thanks!
>
> Thanks, installed.
>
> Paul, please see that your original problem is now solved.
>
> (Btw, I think it's a subtle bug in Magit that it assumes cursor motion
> will never end up on invisible text in such buffers.)
>

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