Re: Invisible chars after a display property

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr>
> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:06:01 +0100
> 
> Here is the issue.  In a *scratch* buffer, I enter this:
> 
>      (insert (propertize "\n" 'display "foo"))
> 
> I then place the point after the last parenthesis and hit C-x C-e
> (`eval-last-sexp').  This displays "foo" as expected and the point is
> placed after the last 'o'.  But now when I try to type other characters
> nothing is displayed on the screen.  It's like those new characters
> "fall into" the previous display property.
> 
> I stumble upon this while using `report-emacs-bug' which place the point
> exaclty after such a display property.  Do you have any idea of what
> could result in this behaviour?

I think I do.  What does "C-x =" tell you about where point is
positioned when you do this?