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

[Miles Bader]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>    (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.

`field-beginning' (and field-end) use stickiness info.

> Maybe we should export get_pos_property (in editfns.c) to elisp?

Perhaps so; what would be called?  `insertion-property'?

-Miles
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