bug#61283: 29.0.60; pcomplete-completions-at-point loses text properties, breaking pcomplete-from-help annotations

[Stefan Monnier]

> ... since getting a 100% reliable solution here might take quite a bit more
> work than I thought, how about a not-quite-100% hack? Instead of
> propertizing the first character of each candidate, propertize the *last*
> character (or the entire string?). That won't get thrown out quite
> so easily.

I'll see your "last char" and raise you a "the whole string" (and then
use the property on the first char where it's found, using
`next-single-property-change`)?


        Stefan