Re: [PATCH] fix point position shifting in some org-src instances

[Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>]

Hi Timothy,

thanks for reporting this.

Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com> writes:

> I've noticed for a while that if you have a block with
> overlays/invisible characters that editing it with `org-edit-special'
> moves the point around.
>
> For example, with Org pretty entities enabled, and █ indicating the
> cursor, if I call org-edit-special on a LaTeX fragment like:
>   \( \alpha +█\beta \)
> which is displayed as \( α +█β \)
> The point is moved on creation of the org-src buffer
>   \( \alpha + \beta █\)
> Then if I move it back to after the "+", on calling `org-edit-src-exit'
> the point is moved to
>   \(█ \alpha + \beta \)
> In the original buffer.
>
> This may seem quite minor, but if you're editing a lot of LaTeX
> fragments having the point constantly jumping around can be quite a
> pain.
>
> After investigating this, I tried shifting org-src--{goto-}coordinates
> to a point-based approach from a column-based approach, and it seems to
> have fixed the problem.

Can someone else please test this patch and report any possible problem?

I guess tests come a bit short for such fixes.

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien