Re: How can I remove effects of text properties in 'before-string

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Amos Bird <amosbird@gmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 03:12:55 +0800
> 
> (set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) 20 0)
> (setq ovstring (propertize "Hi, there!" 'face '((t (:foreground 
> "magenta" :weight bold :inherit default)))))
> (overlay-put (make-overlay (point) (point)) 'before-string 
> (propertize "." 'display `((margin left-margin) ,ovstring)))
> (hl-line-mode)
> 
> The margin text doesn't appear to have the "magenta" color.

":inherit default" should appear before the other attributes.

Think about it: you are telling Emacs how to merge the default face
with other attributes, so it should start with the default face,
right?