Re: move_it_vertically_backward question

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 17:16:31 +0800
> 
> > When window-start is inside a display property or overlay (i.e., the
> > first thing shown in the window is the result of that display
> > property/overlay), starting from the underlying buffer position will
> > almost definitely affect the results, because that buffer position
> > could be at a very different position on the screen.  For example,
> > what happens if window-start position has a before-string, and that
> > string has a 'display' property specifying an image?  This should
> > display the image as the first display element at the window
> > beginning, and the buffer position of window-start will then be to the
> > right and possibly also at a different Y coordinate.
> 
> Hmm, perhaps that condition should be removed in this case then.

Not sure I understand what condition did you allude to here, and how
did you propose to remove it.