bug#42552: 28.0.50; Overlay 'face' property doesn't set the "underlying face" for 'after-string'

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 07.08.2020 08:42, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > 1. Eval:
> >
> > (with-silent-modifications
> >     (insert (propertize "abc"
> >                         'font-lock-face
> >                         '((:background "green" :extend t)
> >                           default
> >                           ( :inverse-video t
> >                             :foreground "yellow"
> >                             :extend t)))))
> >
> > 2. C-j
> >
> > The "extended" newline is yellow.
>
> That's expected due to face-merging, no?

I would have expected it to be green, at least. But if you say it's 
working correctly, it probably is.

> > I'll try to implement this all as suggested, and will come back after.
>
> Should we close this bug or keep it open?

I've pushed the changes based on this discussion, so the matter looks 
closed.

Thanks.