Subject: bug#65896: 30.0.50; folding text with text properties prevents background from extending past the newline

From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:18:50 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> >       (overlay-put o ’display “\n”))))
>> 
>> This has a potential to break a number of things, because the text under
>> the fold will no longer be considered invisible.
>> 
>> Also, ellipsis will not be obeyed.
>
> But the idea to use a display string which is "\n" could still be
> useful, to help with the problem you pointed out in response to my
> previous suggestion, no?

As a workaround, maybe. However, the amount of code changes to support
folding/unfolding not only of invisible text, but also extra 'display
overlays will not be worth it just to address this issue.

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