GNU bug report logs - #61361
cursor cannot be at the start of overlay that starts with a newline

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Xinyang Chen <chenxy <at> mit.edu>

Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 07:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Xinyang Chen <chenxy <at> mit.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: cursor cannot be at the start of overlay that starts with a newline
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 23:29:31 -0500

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steps to reproduce:
;; test line
(if (and (boundp 'overlay) (overlayp overlay)) (delete-overlay overlay))
(setq overlay (make-overlay 1 2))
(overlay-put overlay 'display "\nhello")
;; same result if you do this intead
;; (overlay-put overlay 'display (propertize "\nhello" 'cursor 0))

cursor does not display in the first line.

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