Re: region-based face-remapping

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 15:20:53 -0500
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > IIUC you're discussing features where the appearance of parts of the
> > buffer depends on the position of point.  The main design issue with it
> > is what to do when the buffer is displayed in several windows (so there
> > are several points).  Depending on this, the implementation strategy may
> > need to be very different.
> 
> That’s a very good point that I had not considered.  In my case, the selected 
> widow would take precedence, and other windows just get what they get.

If you use overlays, they can be defined specific to a window.