bug#67715: 28.2; Minibuffer content is sometimes unexpectedly partially hidden

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at>
> Cc: 67715@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:09:48 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > This seems to work:...
> 
> Thank you a lot for looking into this! As mentioned, I am using Emacs to
> simulate interactions that would take place if the user pressed certain
> keys, and so I would also like to show the effects of continuous typing
> in the buffer, i.e., incrementally adding or even removing text, like a
> normal interaction that would take place in the minibuffer.
> 
> A condensed example of this is given in #34957, where "hello" is
> followed by " there!". In my actual application, these texts are not
> added in blocked chunks, but continuously letter by letter, and I can
> easily do this also with a larger font by remapping the default face, in
> Emacs versions before 28.2, by simply inserting the intended letters in
> the minibuffer. Is there a way to implement this also in later versions
> so that the program remains simple and the minibuffer is fully visible?

I'm not sure I understood, but if you put a face on some text, and
then type at the end of that text, the additional text you type is
supposed to "inherit" that face, no?