Re: problem of display property [Re: list-charset-chars and unicode-bmp]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:26:43 +0900 (JST)
> From: Kenichi Handa <address@hidden>
> 
> was it the conclusion that we can't use `struct it' without
> a glyph matrics?

I don't think so.

> For instance, it seems to me that doing this is possible.
> 
> (1) call init_iterator with ROW == NULL
> (2) call reseat with POS == (line-beginning-position)
> (3) call move_it_to with TO_CHARPOS == (point)
> (4) it->hpos is the current column.

I'm not sure; does this really work?  Including some unusual
situations like display tables, overlays/text properties, and other
calamities that affect how text is displayed?