From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inserting at particular buffer position
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:49:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83edtfbd7w.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pjb4O58wc7Koahzsds4DsfDVcNhZ9v5GivUu0d0q3UBO4FtC2KOzyrwv4ooGLzCCiJo1Az9FfTYMpdvxNRqJAiurd7i9tveMbr1_dkfCvQ8=@protonmail.com> (message from Heime on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 11:16:47 +0000)
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 11:16:47 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> > > A problem that I encounter is that if the position (row col) is not available,
> > > point does not switch to the correct position.
> >
> >
> > What do you mean by "position not available"?
> >
> > How do you compute that position's row and column, if it isn't available?
>
> Suppose I insert in the current buffer, to a line larger than the greatest line
> where the cursor can go. Nothing gets printed after that. And if I try to print
> to a column which is larger than available whitespace, things do not get printed.
Insert enough newlines where you lack lines, and insert enough SPC
characters to have the column you want.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-04 11:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-04 1:12 Inserting at particular buffer position Heime
2022-12-04 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 8:04 ` Heime
2022-12-04 10:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 11:16 ` Heime
2022-12-04 11:49 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-12-04 12:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 12:27 ` Heime
2022-12-04 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-04 13:22 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 13:52 ` Heime
2022-12-04 14:11 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 13:30 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-05 6:21 ` Heime
2022-12-05 18:59 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 13:21 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-04 15:52 ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2022-12-04 20:04 ` Heime
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