Jimmy,
The current code in extend_face_to_end_of_line says:
/* Face extension extends the background and box of IT->extend_face_id
to the end of the line. If the background equals the background
of the frame, we don't have to do anything. */
struct face *face = FACE_FROM_ID (f, (it->face_before_selective_p
? it->saved_face_id
: extend_face_id));
if (FRAME_WINDOW_P (f)
&& MATRIX_ROW_DISPLAYS_TEXT_P (it->glyph_row)
&& face->box == FACE_NO_BOX
&& FACE_COLOR_TO_PIXEL (face->background, f) == FRAME_BACKGROUND_PIXEL (f)
#ifdef HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM
&& !face->stipple
#endif
&& !it->glyph_row->reversed_p
&& !Vdisplay_fill_column_indicator)
return;
This has the effect that the underline property is not extended past
EOL, and neither are overline and strike-through. Only the box
attribute is extended. Was this how we intended things to be, or is
this just an oversight?
Currently, this creates some strange counter-intuitive effects. For
example, try this in "emacs -Q":
C-p
M-x font-lock-mode RET
M-: (add-text-properties (point) (1+ (point)) '(face (:underline t :extend
t))) RET
You will see that the underline is limited only to the newline at
point, it is not extended to the edge of the window. But if you now
do this:
C-SPC
C-n
suddenly the entire last line is underlined, in addition to having the
background color from the region face.
If you replace the :underline with :box in the above example, then the
last line has the box attribute extended to EOL even before setting
the region, as expected.
So I think this is a bug, and we should add conditions to the above
'if' clause. Am I missing something?