Subject: Re: bug#5809: 23.1.94; cross-reference by anchor yields in accurate position

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:51:23 +0300

> What I meant in my suggestion is to move the property from one
> character to another of the `after-string' when the user types C-f
> with cursor on the overlay.  E.g., if the cursor is on `2' and I type
> C-f, modify the `after-string' from
>
>      (concat "1" (propertize "2" 'cursor t) "34")
> to
>      (concat "12" (propertize "3" 'cursor t) "4")
>
> Then it will appear as if the cursor moved inside the `after-string'.

Thanks for the explanation.  It seems this is not a trivial change for 23.2.

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Juri Linkov
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