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"Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> wrote in message news:<5lpttyz0ux.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu>...
> >>>>> "Lee" == Lee  <mus5mk2ly001@sneakemail.com> writes:
> > I have a file in a large table that I have to scroll around in.  It
> > would be nice to hang the first row of the table, which tells me what
> > is in what column, at the top of the buffer and have it update as I
> > scroll horizontally through the table.
> 
> Try something like
> 
>   (set (make-local-variable 'header-line-format)
>        '(:eval (save-excursion
>                  (goto-char (point))
>                  (move-to-column (window-hscroll))
>                  (buffer-substring (point) (line-end-position)))))

Awesome, thanks!  In my case I want to track a particular line, so it would be

   (set (make-local-variable 'header-line-format)
        '(:eval (save-excursion
                  (goto-line 18)
                  (move-to-column (window-hscroll))
                  (buffer-substring (point) (line-end-position)))))

Thanks again,
Lee