I have here combined line number and column number. (Saves modeline
estate.) I work with the default starting with 0, but it is easy to
change the code. (The blessing of OSS.) I use:
    (defun buffer-position (&optional do-yank)
      (let ((ret-val (format "%d,%d" (line-number-at-pos) (current-column))))
        (buffer-count-exit do-yank (interactive-p) ret-val nil)))
but this could be changed to:
    (defun buffer-position (&optional do-yank)
      (let ((ret-val (format "%d,%d" (line-number-at-pos) (1+ (current-column)))))
        (buffer-count-exit do-yank (interactive-p) ret-val nil)))

Let me know if you are interested. I did post it in the past, but it
will be better to have the latest version.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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