From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Going to line n, column m Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:00:50 +0200 Organization: Informatimago Message-ID: <871vyq6eml.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> References: <87zllg5ee7.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87vdw456w4.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87d4ib56xl.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223498441 24559 80.91.229.12 (8 Oct 2008 20:40:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 20:40:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 08 22:41:38 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Knfqd-0001Ks-S1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:41:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43970 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KnfpZ-0002RM-RD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:40:25 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed3-b.proxad.net!nnrp13-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAQMAAABtzGvEAAAABlBMVEUAAAD///+l2Z/dAAAA oElEQVR4nK3OsRHCMAwF0O8YQufUNIQRGIAja9CxSA55AxZgFO4coMgYrEDDQZWPIlNAjwq9 033pbOBPtbXuB6PKNBn5gZkhGa86Z4x2wE67O+06WxGD/HCOGR0deY3f9Ijwwt7rNGNf6Oac l/GuZTF1wFGKiYYHKSFAkjIo1b6sCYS1sVmFhhhahKQssRjRT90ITWUk6vvK3RsPGs+M1RuR mV+hO/VvFAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Accept-Language: fr, es, en X-Disabled: X-No-Archive: no User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gL9relNeurO98pSuLv/xjj4Ao1M= Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 08 Oct 2008 22:00:50 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.182.134.169 Original-X-Trace: 1223496050 news-2.free.fr 31458 88.182.134.169:53388 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163227 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58571 Archived-At: Nikolaj Schumacher writes: > pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) wrote: > >>> But even if he did, move-to-column is capable of doing so. There's no >>> need for an elaborate (and error-prone) re-implementation. >> >> By now, it should be clear that it IS NOT, RIGHT NOW capable of doing >> so, but WILL BE able to do it, when emacs 23.0 will be released. > > What are you talking about? I'm using Emacs 22 and it works "right > now". Why would you even assume I'm talking about Emacs 23? emacs-version "22.2.1" ^ C-u C-x C-e (progn (move-to-column 79)(insert "x"))x ^ C-x C-e It just doesn't work here. Perhaps it depends on the major-mode, but I've never seen it work as you say. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ PLEASE NOTE: Some quantum physics theories suggest that when the consumer is not directly observing this product, it may cease to exist or will exist only in a vague and undetermined state.