GNU bug report logs - #71605
30.0.50; [PATCH] Support variable-width text in 'visual-wrap-prefix-mode'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 71605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71605: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Support variable-width text in 'visual-wrap-prefix-mode'
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:39:09 +0300

> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:08:47 -0700
> Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 71605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> >> Which actually gives me an
> >> idea... what if the wrap-prefix is just the original text like "* " and
> >> we fontify it to be invisible? It's not part of the buffer and you can't
> >> select it anyway, so it doesn't really matter what the text is so long
> >> as it's not visible.)
> > 
> > I don't think I follow: how is this relevant to the issue at hand?
> 
> I was thinking you could wrap "* this is some text" like so:
> 
>    * this is
>    * some text
> 
> The second "* " would come from the wrap-prefix, but we'd make the 
> foreground transparent (or the same color as the background) so it 
> wouldn't be visible. Then it would always take up the same width as the 
> first "* " because it's the same string with the same font and everything.

If it's transparent, some change in the faces could reveal it, which I
think will be perceived as a bug.  And invisible text cannot take up
screen estate, so I'm not sure how would that help...

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