Re: search-invisible and friends

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> Do you mean to match text in the display replacement,
>> No, I mean to ignore `search-invisible` on those specific chunks (but
>> still only do the search on the buffer text).
> FYI, I proposed similar patch earlier:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2020-07/msg00679.html

OMG, yes, it's still in my TODO.

Note that what I'm suggesting is somewhat orthogonal since it's about
making it possible for a text (or overlay) property to say not to skip
over a particular (hidden) chunk of text, regardless of whether (and
how) we'd open the text to show it or not.


        Stefan