GNU bug report logs - #5988
24.0.50; bidi-display-reordering interferes with overlays

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5988 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5988: 24.0.50; bidi-display-reordering interferes with  overlays
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:36:20 +0200

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 19:28, Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> emacs -Q
>
> Then evaluate in a scratch buffer:
>
> (let ((ov (make-overlay (+ 2 (point-min)) (- (point-max) 160))))
>  (overlay-put ov 'display "just a test")
>  ;; (delete-overlay ov)
>  )
>
> (setq-default bidi-display-reordering t)
> (setq-default bidi-display-reordering nil)

Not just overlays, but display properties in general:

  emacs -Q --eval '(setq-default bidi-display-reordering t)' -f buffer-menu

and I suppose the problem with references in Info nodes is also related to this.

    Juanma
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