GNU bug report logs - #59141
28.1.90; Face :extend when all the line but trailing \n is invisible

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Message #113 received at 59141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 59141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, yantar92 <at> posteo.net, abdo.haji.ali <at> gmail.com,
 kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#59141: 28.1.90; Face :extend when all the line but trailing
 \n is invisible
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:42:45 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com,  59141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   abdo.haji.ali <at> gmail.com,  yantar92 <at> posteo.net
> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:02:38 +0200
> 
> >> or the ellipsis glyph to be disabled with something like:
> >>
> >>   (or standard-display-table (setq standard-display-table (make-display-table)))
> >>   (set-char-table-extra-slot standard-display-table 4 (vector))
> >
> > Why not just set selective-display-ellipses to nil?
> 
> (setq-default selective-display-ellipses nil) doesn't remove ellipses.
> What am I missing?

Ah, it only works when selective-display is turned on.

We could perhaps extend it to affect ellipsis after text hidden by
properties and overlays.  Would that be helpful?

Alternatively, we could fix the documentation to clarify that this
variable doesn't affect text hidden by invisible properties.

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