GNU bug report logs - #65884
29.1; prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point documentation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Mao <peter.mao <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.1

Fixed in version 29.2

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Peter Mao <peter.mao <at> gmail.com>
To: 65884 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65884: 29.1; prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point documentation
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:20:25 -0700

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I just learned about prettify-symbols mode and
prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point from Tony Zorman's recent blog post,
so I tried it out, unsuccessfully at first...

Recipe from emacs -Q:

In the *scratch* buffer:
M-x prettify-symbols-mode
(setq prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point t)
C-x C-e ;; to evaluate the setq
lambda  ;; the symbol λ appears
C-b

At this point, I'm expecting the symbol λ to deprettify back to
"lambda", but it does not.

Looking in the code in prog-mode.el, I see that the unprettification
needs to be set **before** the minor mode is activated in the buffer.
Perhaps this should be pointed out in the documentation?

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