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: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:41:33 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28977"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Rodrigo Morales Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 15 22:41:44 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 1p5vz6-0007Ix-6M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:41:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5vz0-00056N-9o; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:41:38 -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 1p5vyy-000569-TU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:41:36 -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 1p5vyx-0004lY-AS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:41:36 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1671140493; bh=UMGCtuEqxdjmAAN4XkcuNs53415wuKaos1M+QhCte38=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=RN4STvVw/4g8tzDNTzc5BEveDzdqOvy24HDovgN5PM8m8kEheXm2wH9/8eH6wC72P bQTaHgzM8pbvTk9imZy5WU7hL0iHq7G8vypJO8qbtEY/xEVyXcGmGSHAh4Il4hDU1n 7R4UC8cgLNPsqg7UI4HofBNeBlOHiiMoUQvDed9X5KYbVM907rVQraYIVs3Jy6YYnW 3TNQUSGjIX1aqDJCG7J4aJzwaAxx/sc6x+qreA8nhelse2+hyRrUtDlUayYF3T1wjA lBH3HaBoredzF+3qQTXk8gpZ/SYtXphwddjA6oSkDSaJSMhGq6jpOfMHWASpCDUPIV FMRI/A1PxhzLQ== In-Reply-To: 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-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:141783 Archived-At: >> Which function could I use to obtain the column of the current position >> that would work for any line regardless of its content? > > (defun my/current-column () > (- (point) (progn (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (point))))) > Sorry, the progn is unnecessary: (defun my/current-column () (- (point) (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (point))))