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 12:01:49 +0200 Message-ID: <83mt83bi7m.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83wn77bph9.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14068"; 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 11:02:55 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 1p1lpn-0003UX-5i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 11:02:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1lp8-00057u-Ac; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 05:02:16 -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 1p1lp2-00057Q-DV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 05:02:08 -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 1p1lp2-0001QB-3s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 05:02:08 -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=/w+L0Q7fOHqwqzADmknj5kOIHWOXqkAEcqx+CckHh3o=; b=WVk/MYfbd7sI PTuJOSODxNbTmYwXXwE1hszZH2g67Zu8Zwdy2ABli5CrwNKs+2t94y1prLU2QHPP9xuAlkENR6WOP /peK2vRETPrVi+2m3xjwOgSfwdN56UR87h26pS3cR4h27Ua4eMozY/YpOlBGyhz+ZaS0ZVz79dOgh W6dKk71vex7lBCsWL0Htp4rMu/pgWBxxqHA8aQRqCBUqsneEAFzziSk2u5YXspKth/9NjtueQ+17H 54pjlCR0YuRnxVghdkRZPXmwjfyqs2ErmHKI7ZlsB6QIuQ6xbqUH1DJgEKlFPoBZNU+/0gOnmlH2D 3UUYQq2fLM2vX848FW6p7w==; 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 1p1lp1-0003vg-Ea for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 05:02:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Heime on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:04:03 +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:141341 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:04:03 +0000 > From: Heime > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 7:24 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > > > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 01:12:52 +0000 > > > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com > > > > > > The function "insert", inserts characters into the current buffer, at point, moving point forward. > > > But how can I insert at a particular position (row column). > > > > > > You need to move point there first. For example, with goto-char (if you > > know the buffer position), or with forward-line followed by move-to-column > > (of you know the line and column). > > 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?