From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to get the current column regardless of the content of the current line? Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 08:52:46 +0000 Message-ID: <07bcf6a5327265f13873@heytings.org> References: <83o7s3ken9.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36574"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 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 Fri Dec 16 09:53:36 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 1p66TI-0009JC-Ju for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:53:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p66Sb-0001cS-JM; Fri, 16 Dec 2022 03:52:53 -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 1p66Sa-0001cK-6M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2022 03:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p66SY-00058L-6F; Fri, 16 Dec 2022 03:52:51 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1671180767; bh=nutcvMehlPsLmcQHPR9NBZiXm4IanUynj4WrWcAo2eA=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=2BwdOrdOHxG+U5JXUA/4mBsNeX3cBtzAUhIfIVIVB1jsTiNw3kuMmpyP2poD4fFAW FI+Fz9lwqVqJMJHYbD+FRW+gkmSWwClHB1JDlHp42bSmpymGabz5eedCrg457O/MU6 jg73uz2Q0cHjUo+Gjkv5m674ulroSkB84hp5M+sYOz1iljr44fBDh3vu6vTqc8THyr uMdExMQDaVy3LN5hF18i6Ngxel1OAZ3fJPRV0t/ZXVbMutnKXC40jRnID7peFCixsI y9u2fO66DcG0hc3qDeCb7trBrYIMJKlDA2SBZ+YZIF3D1GHcLYHvRKcUSYAoohJi6z DtHFCCeT7mP1g== In-Reply-To: <83o7s3ken9.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org 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, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 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:141798 Archived-At: >> (defun my/current-column () >> (- (point) (pos-bol))) > > It's not entirely correct to call this a "column", though... > That's what the OP wanted, indeed it's not a "column" in the visual sense= =20 anymore (e.g. a TAB counts for 1), but it's still a "column" in a "number= =20 of characters" sense. Well, almost: when glyphs are composed, that=20 function will not give the result the OP expects I think, e.g. with a line= =20 with only "=F0=9F=A7=99=F0=9F=8F=BB" 2 is returned.