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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.



  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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