Excessive highlighting of overlay with display property

Copying (let (ov) (insert "\n\nxxx") (setq ov (make-overlay (line-beginning-position) (point))) (overlay-put ov 'mouse-face 'highlight) (overlay-put ov 'display "yyy")) into the *scratch* buffer and typing `C-x C-e' with point at the last parenthesis, you will see the string "yyy" further

Re: Excessive highlighting of overlay with display property

* Ralf Angeli (2005-02-19) writes: > Copying > > (let (ov) > (insert "\n\nxxx") > (setq ov (make-overlay (line-beginning-position) (point))) > (overlay-put ov 'mouse-face 'highlight) > (overlay-put ov 'display "yyy")) > > into the *scratch* buffer and typing `C-x C-e' with point at the las

Re: Excessive highlighting of overlay with display property

Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> (let (ov) >> (insert "\n\nxxx") >> (setq ov (make-overlay (line-beginning-position) (point))) >> (overlay-put ov 'mouse-face 'highlight) >> (overlay-put ov 'display "yyy")) >> > Okay, I poked around a bit and the following change fixes the proble

Re: Excessive highlighting of overlay with display property

* Kim F. Storm (2005-02-22) writes: > Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> (let (ov) >>> (insert "\n\nxxx") >>> (setq ov (make-overlay (line-beginning-position) (point))) >>> (overlay-put ov 'mouse-face 'highlight) >>> (overlay-put ov 'display "yyy")) > >> Okay, I poked around a b