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tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:

>> If I were reporting a bug with Emacs going to the wrong column, I
>> think the minimum effort I should put in is to search for reports with
>> "column" in the subject [...]
>
> Don't underestimate the diverse language[1] barriers here. Whatever it is
> natural for you to call "column" others won't call by that name.

Yes, that is why I said that is the "minimum" effort that I personally
would try to put in. If that failed I would generally try a more
thorough search. Of the 4 (so far) reportings of this bug, every
single one had "column" in the subject though, so the minimum
suffices in this case.