* xdisp.c (push_display_prop): Don't set avoid_cursor_p. Return 0

if push failed.
(handle_line_prefix): Set avoid_cursor_p here.  Check return value
of push_display_prop (Bug#5000).

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5b88b3d89b0..316e5804ffd 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2009-12-05  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
+	* xdisp.c (push_display_prop): Don't set avoid_cursor_p.  Return 0
+	if push failed.
+	(handle_line_prefix): Set avoid_cursor_p here.  Check return value
+	of push_display_prop (Bug#5000).
+
 	* xfaces.c (Fx_family_fonts): Handle 2009-07-14 change to return
 	value of font_list_entities (Bug#5085).
 
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 05bcd136865..449d42dcf17 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -16384,22 +16384,20 @@ cursor_row_p (w, row)
 
 
 /* Push the display property PROP so that it will be rendered at the
-   current position in IT.  */
+   current position in IT.  Return 1 if PROP was successfully pushed,
+   0 otherwise.  */
 
-static void
+static int
 push_display_prop (struct it *it, Lisp_Object prop)
 {
   push_it (it);
 
-  /* Never display a cursor on the prefix.  */
-  it->avoid_cursor_p = 1;
-
   if (STRINGP (prop))
     {
       if (SCHARS (prop) == 0)
 	{
 	  pop_it (it);
-	  return;
+	  return 0;
 	}
 
       it->string = prop;
@@ -16426,8 +16424,10 @@ push_display_prop (struct it *it, Lisp_Object prop)
   else
     {
       pop_it (it);		/* bogus display property, give up */
-      return;
+      return 0;
     }
+
+  return 1;
 }
 
 /* Return the character-property PROP at the current position in IT.  */
@@ -16467,13 +16467,13 @@ handle_line_prefix (struct it *it)
       if (NILP (prefix))
 	prefix = Vline_prefix;
     }
-  if (! NILP (prefix))
+  if (! NILP (prefix) && push_display_prop (it, prefix))
     {
-      push_display_prop (it, prefix);
       /* If the prefix is wider than the window, and we try to wrap
 	 it, it would acquire its own wrap prefix, and so on till the
 	 iterator stack overflows.  So, don't wrap the prefix.  */
       it->line_wrap = TRUNCATE;
+      it->avoid_cursor_p = 1;
     }
 }