From 8d9a798d6d99c60d9434584d0d5dc38f3f57b2bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan VanBuren <stefan@vanburen.xyz>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:09:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(man): don't grow a highlight into the previous line
 #41490

Problem:
With these two lines (`\b` marking a backspace):

    f\bfoo
    xb\bb

line 1's bold run ends at byte 1 and line 2's begins at byte 1, so line 1
renders "fo" in bold rather than "f", and line 2's "b" is not bold at all.

Solution:
Only grow a highlight group that is on the current row.
---
 runtime/lua/man.lua                 | 5 +++--
 test/functional/plugin/man_spec.lua | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/lua/man.lua b/runtime/lua/man.lua
index 2fa054a855..18f27ba984 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/man.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/man.lua
@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ local function render_line(line, row, hls)
         attr = Attrs.None
       end
 
-      -- Grow the previous highlight group if possible
-      if last_hl and last_hl.attr == attr and last_hl.final == byte then
+      -- Grow the previous highlight group if possible. `hls` spans the buffer,
+      -- so only grow a group that is on the current row.
+      if last_hl and last_hl.row == row and last_hl.attr == attr and last_hl.final == byte then
         last_hl.final = byte + #char
       else
         hls[#hls + 1] = { attr = attr, row = row, start = byte, final = byte + #char }
diff --git a/test/functional/plugin/man_spec.lua b/test/functional/plugin/man_spec.lua
index 17d9e6cd6f..0217543461 100644
--- a/test/functional/plugin/man_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/plugin/man_spec.lua
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ describe(':Man', function()
     it('highlights various bullet formats', function()
       feed(dedent([[
         i· ·<C-v><C-h>·
-        +<C-v><C-h>o
+             +<C-v><C-h>o
         +<C-v><C-h>+<C-v><C-h>o<C-v><C-h>o double<ESC>]]))
       exec_lua [[require'man'.init_pager()]]
 
       screen:expect([[
       ^· {b:·}                                                 |
-      {b:·}                                                   |
+           {b:·}                                              |
       {b:·} double                                            |
       {eob:~                                                   }|
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