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From: "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: Can header-line track a row in my file?
Date: 25 Oct 2002 17:04:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5lpttyz0ux.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: a1385921.0210251144.41a04f1b@posting.google.com

>>>>> "Lee" == Lee  <mus5mk2ly001@sneakemail.com> writes:
> I have a file in a large table that I have to scroll around in.  It
> would be nice to hang the first row of the table, which tells me what
> is in what column, at the top of the buffer and have it update as I
> scroll horizontally through the table.

Try something like

  (set (make-local-variable 'header-line-format)
       '(:eval (save-excursion
                 (goto-char (point))
                 (move-to-column (window-hscroll))
                 (buffer-substring (point) (line-end-position)))))


-- Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2002-10-25 21:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-25 19:44 Can header-line track a row in my file? Lee
2002-10-25 21:04 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com> [this message]
2002-10-27 14:13   ` Lee
2002-10-28 20:11     ` Lee

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