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

[Amos Bird]

Hi, thanks for the code. It works! However, I tried to explicited 
set face to
'((t (:foreground "magenta" :weight bold :inherit default))

which doesn't. Why?

regards,

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> > 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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