From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: stan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Going to line n, column m Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:49:27 -0400 Organization: www.TeraNews.com Message-ID: References: <87zllg5ee7.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87vdw456w4.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87d4ib56xl.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <871vyq6eml.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87ljwy46j1.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223595654 9388 80.91.229.12 (9 Oct 2008 23:40:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 23:40:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 10 01:41:51 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 1Ko58b-0005v8-JZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:41:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53447 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ko57X-0002bl-Kz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:40:39 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.alt.net!nx01.iad.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!nntpserver.com!zeus.nntpserver.com!pfilter-v0.1!news.teranews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@teranews.com Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:50:08 -0400 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163299 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:58643 Archived-At: Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > > > 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. Been there, done that :) I'm almost ashamed to say how many times I saw something on a man page that I would have bet cash money didn't exist. As much as I want to say it's age related, the truth is less flattering. > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **