GNU bug report logs - #64547
`show-paren-mode` thinks that a paren is offscreen in `M-:` when it isn't

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Message #28 received at 64547-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: okamsn <at> protonmail.com
Cc: stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 64547-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64547: `show-paren-mode` thinks that a paren is offscreen in
 `M-:` when it isn't
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 10:22:10 +0300

> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 01:06:54 +0000
> From: okamsn <at> protonmail.com
> Cc: 64547 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net
> 
> 1) Start `emacs -q` without the new change to paren.el.
> 
> 2) Set `show-paren-context-when-offscreen` to `overlay`.
> 
> 3) In a normal buffer (not the minibuffer), move to the end of a long 
> expression so that the starting parenthesis is no longer on the screen 
> and is not visible.
> 
> 4) See the overlay, as expected.
> 
> 5) Move inside the expression so that the overlay is no longer shown.
> 
> 6) Evaluate the new definition of `show-paren-function`.
> 
> 7) Move back to the end of the long expression.
> 
> 8) See that the overlay is no longer shown.
> 
> 
> I expected to see that the overlay would still be shown for the opening 
> parenthesis that is completely unseen.
> 
> I think that this happens because there is an expression `(not ... (or 
> (< (length part) 4) ...))` which resolves to `nil` when the parenthesis 
> is not visible and not partially visible, from what I can tell.
> 
> Does this make sense?

Thanks, now fixed as you suggested, and closing the bug.

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