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 12:27:05 +0000 Message-ID: References: <83wn77bph9.fsf@gnu.org> <83mt83bi7m.fsf@gnu.org> <83edtfbd7w.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="5704"; 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 13:28:05 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 1p1o6G-0001HN-7v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:28:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1o5g-0004Kr-HP; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:27:29 -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 1p1o5Y-0004KZ-52 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:27:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-40132.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.132]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1o5U-0000VC-IU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:27:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1670156833; x=1670416033; bh=Bnefff5h3eVkFQtg2aVDvyiqlZ5fr1bn62egn6NtJkc=; 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=yxLY2E5EfCHz4FBMX31M60lliUyFvmSvWriMWgWCma7Q22LZFqNBIqu77a2BzkpNs hj7TbafXk2ICkMN5AUkqBR9db2TW7ZS45u6wf3QIPx8dB+tVapP6ZYglCee4NQIrKm zK8yHvHXuBC8sdHeu1gKq3W0cIvFOd+AdjF6ieJb6d3UD58S7JegYPwhwlmFqol0KU jC+Dt1Et6A5+tNateJrc90+QEXkQKz486mcqb/3Rc/bUEVwNmuijnh0FTr5uhOmsNI T5eE+2BSvJTXd2kXQqzDE94l1cKSe/6T1jKoSYBNTi9mpLR36ZYjAhRKRhTiB3KSSL oiM9b7QwYYnjw== In-Reply-To: <83edtfbd7w.fsf@gnu.org> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.132; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40132.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:141347 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 11:49 AM, Eli Zaretskii wro= te: > > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 11:16:47 +0000 > > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > >=20 > > > > A problem that I encounter is that if the position (row col) is not= available, > > > > point does not switch to the correct position. > > >=20 > > > What do you mean by "position not available"? > > >=20 > > > How do you compute that position's row and column, if it isn't availa= ble? > >=20 > > Suppose I insert in the current buffer, to a line larger than the great= est 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 ge= t printed. >=20 >=20 > Insert enough newlines where you lack lines, and insert enough SPC > characters to have the column you want. I want to make a buffer with the respective text inserted automatically, wi= thout any inputs from the user.