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: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:38:42 +0200 Organization: Informatimago Message-ID: <87ljwy46j1.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> References: <87zllg5ee7.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87vdw456w4.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87d4ib56xl.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <871vyq6eml.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 1223534523 12713 80.91.229.12 (9 Oct 2008 06:42:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:42:03 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 09 08:43:00 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 1KnpEU-0004Jg-Hi for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:42:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35455 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KnpD5-0004rJ-2Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:41:19 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!easynet-quince!easynet.net!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed2-b.proxad.net!nnrp16-1.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:P1kboX7cvuUwRiE5S6pLWOkdbKE= Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 09 Oct 2008 08:38:42 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.182.134.169 Original-X-Trace: 1223534322 news-3.free.fr 19340 88.182.134.169:50323 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163260 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:58603 Archived-At: stan writes: > Nikolaj Schumacher wrote: >> >> >> pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> Have you read or tried my code? >> >> (progn (move-to-column 79 t) (insert "x")) > > Just for another info point, that also works in 22.1.1. I don't know how > long it's been that way but I remember it from a couple of years ago. SO > it's not really a new feature. Yes, it just a reminder to always read _entirely_ the doc of each function, not just the first paragraph. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ COMPONENT EQUIVALENCY NOTICE: The subatomic particles (electrons, protons, etc.) comprising this product are exactly the same in every measurable respect as those used in the products of other manufacturers, and no claim to the contrary may legitimately be expressed or implied.