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bug#10222: intangible property and sentence movement
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#10222: intangible property and sentence movement |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:50:54 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:
> (defun hide-every-2nd-line ()
> (interactive)
> (while t
> (next-line 2)
> (let ((ol (make-overlay (line-beginning-position)
> (line-end-position))))
> (overlay-put ol 'invisible t)
> (overlay-put ol 'intangible t))))
>
> 3. C-h t (use the tutorial as test buffer)
> 4. M-x hide-every-2nd-line RET
> So now we have the TUTORIAL buffer where every second line is invisible
> and intangible and point is at `point-max'. In this situation, there
> are two problems with the M-a and M-e.
>
> 1. In some situations, M-a/M-e don't move at all. (I think, that's
> the case, if the sentence start/end is inside a hidden line, but
> I'm not too sure.)
>
> For example, when point is at point-max, I can hit M-a once so that
> point is at the beginning of the invisible line below the "Please
> read the file COPYING...". Hitting M-a again has no effect
> anymore.
>
> (BTW: This "M-a/M-e don't move issue" is also present in the bug
> messages buffer.)
>
> 2. At some positions in that file, invoking M-a/M-e will make emacs
> hang. Try hitting M-e repeatedly beginning at the start of the
> buffer. After the second M-e, point is after "See end for copying
> conditions.". Hitting it again makes emacs hang.
(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)
Testing this recipe in Emacs 29, I don't see any hangs with those
commands, but perhaps you need to put point in certain particular
places -- or perhaps this has been fixed in the years since it was
reported.
Are you still seeing this issue in recent Emacs versions?
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