kyle@cs.odu.edu (Kyle Jones) (02/03/90)
GNU Emacs 18.52, ULTRIX 3.1
If overlay-arrow-position is at point-max and is visible, the overlay
arrow string will be displayed in its proper position and on every line
thereafter until end of window. I have been told that this bug still
exists in version 18.55.
To produce the buggy behavior, put the following Lisp in a file, and run
"emacs -q -l <file>".
(switch-to-buffer (generate-new-buffer "*bug test*"))
(setq overlay-arrow-position (point-marker)
overlay-arrow-string "this string will be displayed repeatedly")liberte@CASCA.CS.UIUC.EDU (Daniel LaLiberte) (02/03/90)
From: kyle@cs.odu.edu (Kyle Jones) If overlay-arrow-position is at point-max and is visible, the overlay arrow string will be displayed in its proper position and on every line thereafter until end of window. I have been told that this bug still exists in version 18.55. ----- This "bug" could be used as a feature to more closely emulate vi; set the overlay-arrow-string to "~". I dont think Stallman wants to support this feature, although it is useful to provide visible feedback of where the end of the buffer is. dan