From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Michael Durland" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: virtual space? Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:25:41 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066606329 27053 80.91.224.253 (19 Oct 2003 23:32:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:32:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 20 01:32:07 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ABN1r-0000gs-00 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 01:32:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ABN10-0007D2-PH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:31:14 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.6.79 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net 1066605941 209.86.6.79 (Sun, 19 Oct 2003 16:25:41 PDT) mdurland@ix.netcom.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 16:25:41 PDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117423 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13354 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13354 "Sudarshan S. Chawathe" wrote in message news:m3oewcki9r.fsf@Buckbeak.cs.umd.edu... > > "Michael Durland" writes: > > > Is there a way to tell emacs to allow the cursor to move anywhere in a > > window? By default, the cursor seems to be restricted to only move where > > there is actually text in the open file. This is a common option in other > > editors. > > M-x picture-mode > I tried picure-mode, but that seems to insert tabs into the file as soon as the cursor is moved into empty space. I don't want to modify the file, I just want to be able to move the cursor anywhere. Only if I start typing in that empty space, then I do want it to fill the empty space with tabs and/or spaces.