From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Inserting at particular buffer position Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:04:03 +0000 Message-ID: References: <83wn77bph9.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28839"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 04 09:05:16 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p1jzw-0007IG-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 09:05:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1jzB-0008FJ-V8; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:04:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1jz2-0008Ex-Mp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:04:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-40141.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.141]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1jz0-0004Mv-Uf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:04:20 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1670141055; x=1670400255; bh=Jm7Ou/pxQdNPyqDEjsrnXykdHRA/y+mM9SU4U4gWPXE=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=QIm8/jmN75KjBSYafXIVUdXedqtoXpW1utv+nwWsiyRFiwVrS+osz2/hThSkv1OCo ZAUOqg654Shb+jmj3FhRL/CmbNAoI/J4GpKOMEfn6tJCkiVMPJaXjvzL26GmV1PAg9 TBpt1qyq+JRC43b5ou1/UxJqZvzu+WtXNgsOPNgAA0b7xiOfrNdEW8PXL4Ig+6M0BU uc8vPXTfUaMf1ch4V7oTkZaF7ki1KGeEpjYmzVEy2hM/RvAoT5hlkJRpE5UQU3GqdO A3jrZCiPoSVmOwlazsiR7FSfiUv0+AaR/caERu81dPmpLSSDNbHkQ0Syx3TyAhpYJH 2cVWbpgBFmggw== In-Reply-To: <83wn77bph9.fsf@gnu.org> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.141; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40141.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141340 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 7:24 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrot= e: > > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 01:12:52 +0000 > > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com > >=20 > > The function "insert", inserts characters into the current buffer, at p= oint, moving point forward. > > But how can I insert at a particular position (row column). >=20 >=20 > You need to move point there first. For example, with goto-char (if you > know the buffer position), or with forward-line followed by move-to-colum= n > (of you know the line and column). A problem that I encounter is that if the position (row col) is not availab= le, point does not switch to the correct position.