bug#13863: 24.2; Cursor position after after-string on overlay at point-max

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>,  13863@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:43:07 -0500
> 
> Actually, I don't think backward compatibility is a big issue in this
> case.  The more real problem is that it's difficult to fix: IIRC last
> time I looked at this code, at the point where the cursor is displayed,
> we don't have easy access to the needed info (we have access to the
> sequence of displayed chars, and their provenance, but their provenance
> only says "this (after) string" without any reference to the
> corresponding overlay).

That is correct.