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Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display'
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Daniel Brockman |
Subject: |
Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display' |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:15:10 +0100 |
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David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> Daniel Brockman <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The bug did not let you override the `invisible' property
>> using the `display' property whenever you wanted;
>
> How do you know what I want?
Let me rephrase. The bug did not let you override the `invisible'
property using the `display' property in arbitrary situations.
>> it _only_ let you do that at the start of invisible text --- clearly
>> counter-intuitive, counter-useful, illogical, and erroneous.
>
> A display embedded in an invisible area should obviously not
> be visible.
I'm glad we agree on that.
> At the immediate edge, it is not clear what should take preference.
> If we have a display overlay with identical start and end points
> both of which advance-on-insert, then the overlay _clearly_ marks
> the position _between_ the text before and behind it. If the text
> _behind_ it is invisible, this should obviously not affect the
> overlay. Even more so if the displayed overlay is
> non-advance-on-insert.
How can an overlay with identical start and end points
display anything?
>> If you want some text to show, why not just set `invisible'
>> to nil on that text?
>
> Display properties are not necessarily a part of text.
Well, set it on an overlay if you want. What's the difference?
--
Daniel Brockman <address@hidden>
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', (continued)
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/12
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Chong Yidong, 2007/02/12
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/12
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', David Kastrup, 2007/02/13
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/13
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/21
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Kim F. Storm, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', David Kastrup, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', David Kastrup, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display',
Daniel Brockman <=
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Johan Bockgård, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', David Kastrup, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', David Kastrup, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', David Kastrup, 2007/02/22
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Daniel Brockman, 2007/02/23
- Re: Invisibility bug: `invisible' vs `display', Kim F. Storm, 2007/02/22