Re: comint-insert-input on non-command lines: A trivial fix, a quibble, and a bug

[Stefan Monnier]

>    (defun field-at-pos (pos)
>      "Return the field at position POS, taking stickiness etc into account"
>      (let ((raw-field (get-char-property (field-beginning pos) 'field)))
>        (if (eq raw-field 'boundary)
>            (get-char-property (1- (field-end pos)) 'field)
>          raw-field)))

How does this work?
I don't see where the stickiness is tested/used.
Maybe we should export get_pos_property (in editfns.c) to elisp?


        Stefan