From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Inserting at particular buffer position Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 14:38:58 +0200 Message-ID: <834jubbaxp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83wn77bph9.fsf@gnu.org> <83mt83bi7m.fsf@gnu.org> <83edtfbd7w.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21914"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 04 13:39:45 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p1oHZ-0005VU-FO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:39:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1oHD-0008Gd-H7; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:39:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1oH9-0008GG-9O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:39:20 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1oH7-0004NA-S2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:39:19 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=NT0wuzx/3KW+LHbBy85vG53xjySr8pfnaYerg9tCfsI=; b=Nd0ll05Bwfsl 3zyS1SzOCzffr0a5I3VKO769su36AplAvQlHXU7cui0IGyQRM6XN2byLVuKMz4ov1uUP6W72P9NuB WHKDT+brHhriNRDq7YM7GQhbuFQh3ga1hNoIY3CeRYctSv4MuaQK33O25gs/u5DDN5oY4jmujJaKI shIuq9y1pig4PfJvSiqeTFEb+fnmVkLbhlByHRUid2bg8OtVGPsS15videtzDuUKsvWywm6FFlXvc L+RQ2tpBoMC+JAi/LkXWqUnv6gzjWddKMcwaKQ31hLusgJ2+Q8PqH9jk0AOaU5r7j2+mnDDW2aD9B I+ezoGVnPKDEOep9mZoSNA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1oH7-0005zQ-BV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:39:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Heime on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:27:05 +0000) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141350 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:27:05 +0000 > From: Heime > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 11:49 AM, Eli Zaretskii 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.