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Re: How can I remove effects of text properties in 'before-string


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: How can I remove effects of text properties in 'before-string
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 20:15:37 +0300

> From: Amos Bird <amosbird@gmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:07:04 +0800
> 
> Hi, could you show the elisp code that resolves this? I don't 
> quite understand how to give a distinct face.

Here, this simple variation of your original recipe will display the
string in the margin using the 'default' face:

  (set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) 20 0)
  (setq ovstring (propertize "Hi, there!" 'face 'default))  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  (overlay-put (make-overlay (point) (point)) 'before-string 
               (propertize "."
                           'display
                           `((margin left-margin) ,ovstring)))
  (hl-line-mode)

The line marked with "<<<<<" is the main part of the solution.



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