bug#11312: 24.1.50; allout widgets mode bug when deleting text from header

[Stefan Kangas]

Hi Ken,

Could you please help take a look at the below bug report in
allout.el?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas


Christopher Monsanto <chris@monsan.to> writes:

> Load allout.el(.gz)
> M-x allout-mode
> M-x allout-widgets-mode
>
> Position the point on the first character of a header (i.e., the bullet).
>
> [picture]*Header
>
> Delete the character:
>
> [picture]Header
>
> Turn off allout-widgets-mode, and the * will not have been deleted; turn 
> allout-widgets-mode back on, and you will see the display:
>
> [picture]*Header.
>
> Another related symptom: after deleting the character, insert another 
> character:
>
> [picture]xHeader
>
> Now try to delete the x: you will get a warning about unruly edits. 
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
>  of 2012-04-22 on linuxpimpbox
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