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 09:24:50 +0200 Message-ID: <83wn77bph9.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15173"; 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 08:26:06 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 1p1jO2-0003jg-Jg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:26:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1jNZ-0007j0-FN; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 02:25:37 -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 1p1jNH-0007hR-1J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 02:25:19 -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 1p1jNF-0007Bv-Ta for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 02:25:18 -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=kmjz/yKgL4WxONyKAQ1Cud3lSY7ubZGjVGIvmnylFeQ=; b=Xnij7QYOtH2t WT361+qEoStRQepeskEsqEK9tx1F4ppQoiFXl7G7wQUa0WsGnxyBkPLdb0x/G/kLOCGEG7u+YrQoX xWgvSKjOc3Y5D8CU56IMFh1oyafMNKICr9MpnciP0bijtAaXuDRThO7VREF48/siEGGlRnrfVmz7T Ib0HKi9mCxHVusSj8Zd0ymMfULOX23hb61HDUJm2o4SyOWFpwsT05Cpxjlk7CSEv+AvMOXrBAbzjB 047zLVuaMxYDT/nADwUz8wp1R2f+kd1G4xtSVTbnJ9Ikl+PMgVtLgUh73MEf0I7mZ2HpPFKGtU/AZ OfygKxgnk7KgaBhdsHM5Lg==; 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 1p1jNC-0004Hd-U8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 02:25:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Heime on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 01:12:52 +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:141339 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 01:12:52 +0000 > From: Heime > > > 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).