From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inserting at particular buffer position
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 14:10:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bkojbc8p.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83edtfbd7w.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:49:39 +0200)
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:49:39 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> > 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.
Also, the function move-to-column can optionally insert SPC characters if
the line is shorter than the column to which you want to get.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-04 12:10 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 [this message]
2022-12-04 12:27 ` Heime
2022-12-04 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
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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