[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#33435: 27.0.50; A use case for recursive display specifications
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#33435: 27.0.50; A use case for recursive display specifications |
Date: |
Thu, 3 Oct 2019 02:20:07 +0200 |
Pip Cet <pipcet@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 7:37 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> > This is a feature request: I'd like to be able to display an empty line
>> > as a non-empty line with images in it.
>>
>> I don't think I understand this. Can you elaborate what that means?
>>
>> In case I did understand: did you try an overlay with after-string
>> that has an image display property on it?
>
> First, thanks for the suggestion; sorry, it simply hadn't occurred to
> me that after/before-string can do things display specifications
> cannot.
>
> Obviously I'm still thinking of a display-propertized display
> specification string as the more natural thing to do, and things are
> slightly different (cursor placement, modifications, highlighting of
> included text) with the after-string solution, but I'll try to get
> things working that way. Thanks again.
Is this feature request still relevant, or did Eli's reply solve this
use case? Thanks.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
- bug#33435: 27.0.50; A use case for recursive display specifications,
Stefan Kangas <=