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From: Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: And while we're at it...
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:29:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <id7htb$u8m$2@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87tyixjwiv.fsf@member.fsf.org

Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Gary writes:
>
>> Yeah, I'd read and mentally noted that. What I'm missing is how to
>> goto-buffer-position-where-text-should-be-inserted, as you put it. I
>> found backward-line which might help, but I don't know what position
>> in that line the "point" would then be. End? Beginning? Somewhere in
>> the middle?
>
> No, don't use that in lisp code.  Instead use `forward-line' with a
> negative argument:

Ta!

-- 
Gary        Please do NOT send me 'courtesy' replies off-list.
GNU Emacs 23.2.1
emacsclient 23.2





      reply	other threads:[~2010-12-02  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-01  9:57 And while we're at it Gary
2010-12-01 11:57 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-12-01 13:42   ` Gary
2010-12-01 16:19     ` Tassilo Horn
2010-12-02  7:29       ` Gary [this message]

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