From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inserting at particular buffer position
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 14:38:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834jubbaxp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Q0UyQWgO0VDp5JrRnPO4aiSqGTkmwir6QT8Hy3Kcpy9dpPMLB2jxWjqukVPmrkzYe_3_mN67QQ3FLNDm_8sfQYJZbIuoWwG4FgmItQm6q5w=@protonmail.com> (message from Heime on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:27:05 +0000)
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:27:05 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 11:49 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>
> > > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 11:16:47 +0000
> > > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com
> > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > >
> > > > > A problem that I encounter is that if the position (row col) is not available,
> > > > > point does not switch to the correct position.
> > > >
> > > > What do you mean by "position not available"?
> > > >
> > > > How do you compute that position's row and column, if it isn't available?
> > >
> > > Suppose I insert in the current buffer, to a line larger than the greatest line
> > > where the cursor can go. Nothing gets printed after that. And if I try to print
> > > to a column which is larger than available whitespace, things do not get printed.
> >
> >
> > Insert enough newlines where you lack lines, and insert enough SPC
> > characters to have the column you want.
>
> I want to make a buffer with the respective text inserted automatically, without
> any inputs from the user.
I meant your Lisp program should make these insertions, not the user.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-04 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-04 1:12 Inserting at particular buffer position Heime
2022-12-04 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 8:04 ` Heime
2022-12-04 10:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 11:16 ` Heime
2022-12-04 11:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 12:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 12:27 ` Heime
2022-12-04 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-12-04 13:22 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 13:52 ` Heime
2022-12-04 14:11 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 13:30 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-05 6:21 ` Heime
2022-12-05 18:59 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 13:21 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 15:52 ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2022-12-04 20:04 ` Heime
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