bug#58479: 29.0.50; [feature/noverlay] Displaced overlays in notmuch search buffers after refreshing

[Ihor Radchenko]

Matt Armstrong <matt@rfc20.org> writes:

> Okay, I'm able to watch your video and think I see what you're talking
> about there, but I am not able to reproduce a problem with the Stefan's
> fix applied.  Maybe there is some miscommunication.

Yes, we are miscommunicating. The problem being discussed is _without_
Stefan's fix.

> Looks like `describe-text-properties' first tries `overlays-at' and,
> finding nothing, will try (overlays-in (point) (1+ (point))) to get the
> zero-width overlays.

Only with optional argument or when there are text properties at point.
When called interactively, it takes different logic and uses

    (if (not (or (text-properties-at pos) (overlays-at pos)))
        (message "This is plain text.")

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