bug#27111: mode-line-position is faulty after b0b02ca7

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Eli.

On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 17:59:05 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Alex <agrambot@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 22:35:12 -0600
> > Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>

> > Start from emacs -Q:

> > Hover over the 'All' in the mode-line. Emacs does not show the tooltip.

> > Click on the 'All' in the mode-line. Emacs does not show the menu.

> Not just "All" -- any location indication is no longer
> mouse-sensitive.

> Alan, could you please take a look?

Yes, it's something causing text properties applied in the mode line
with :propertize either not to be applied, to be discarded, or to be
superseded by the mode line's default text properties.

I'll try and solve it properly in the next few days.

By the way, did you see my proposed patch to CC Mode which would allow
the user to switch between block comments and line comments?

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).