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Re: indentation via text or overlay property?


From: Kevin Rodgers
Subject: Re: indentation via text or overlay property?
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 15:56:34 -0600
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Stefan Monnier wrote:

(let ((lbp (line-beginning-position)))
  (overlay-put (make-overlay lbp lbp)
               'display '(space :align-to 4)))


Does it work with text-properties ?  How about with a non-empty overlay ?
It's a part of the code that hasn't seen much use yet, so there might
be bugs.


Yes, it works with non-empty overlays, and with a text property assigned to the

first character on the line.  But the empty overlay case seems to be a bug.


(let ((lbp (line-beginning-position)))
  (overlay-put (make-overlay lbp lbp)
               'string-before (make-string 4 ? )))


The `string-before' should be `before-string' and it should work
because it's been around (and used) for a long time.

Doh!  I think that's the best solution for my problem.

Thanks for your help,
--
<a href="mailto:&lt;kevin.rodgers&#64;ihs.com&gt;";>Kevin Rodgers</a>



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