Re: indentation via text or overlay property?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> > (let ((lbp (line-beginning-position)))
> >   (overlay-put (make-overlay lbp lbp)
> >                'display '(space :align-to 4)))
>
> Does it work with text-properties ?  How about with a non-empty overlay ?
> It's a part of the code that hasn't seen much use yet, so there might
> be bugs.


Yes, it works with non-empty overlays, and with a text property assigned to the

first character on the line.  But the empty overlay case seems to be a bug.


> > (let ((lbp (line-beginning-position)))
> >   (overlay-put (make-overlay lbp lbp)
> >                'string-before (make-string 4 ? )))
>
> The `string-before' should be `before-string' and it should work
> because it's been around (and used) for a long time.

Doh!  I think that's the best solution for my problem.

Thanks for your help,
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