all messages for Emacs-related lists mirrored at yhetil.org
 help / color / mirror / code / Atom feed
From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 739@debbugs.gnu.org, Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Subject: bug#739: Suggested small functions to plug symmetry gaps
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:46:54 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvwr5m9yd7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3wr5mmp86.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:23:37 +0200")

>> (defun goto-column (n)
>>   "Goto column COLUMN, counting from column 1 at beginning of line."
>>   (interactive "nGoto column: ")
>>   (move-to-column n))
> This doesn't really seem that useful to me.  `C-u 9 <right>' does that
> already.

No, C-u 9 <right> only works if you're at BOL and if all chars occupy
a single column (e.g. any TAB will throw you off).

But, please don't define a new function/command, just put a interactive
property on `move-to-column' instead.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-11 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-19 12:51 bug#739: Suggested small functions to plug symmetry gaps Reuben Thomas
2012-04-11 12:23 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-04-11 13:46   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-04-12 16:06     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-04-12 16:17       ` Reuben Thomas
2012-04-12 18:19         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-04-12 20:47           ` Reuben Thomas
2012-04-12 21:21             ` Andreas Schwab
2012-04-12 21:27               ` Reuben Thomas
2012-04-13  6:20                 ` Chong Yidong
2012-04-13 18:52               ` Reuben Thomas
2012-04-16 12:52                 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-04-14 11:32           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-04-16  2:05             ` Stefan Monnier
2012-04-11 16:04   ` Reuben Thomas
2012-04-11 17:57   ` Drew Adams
2012-04-13  6:25   ` Chong Yidong
2012-04-14 11:33     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-04-14 13:46       ` Drew Adams
2012-07-14  2:17         ` Chong Yidong

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=jwvwr5m9yd7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org \
    --to=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca \
    --cc=739@debbugs.gnu.org \
    --cc=larsi@gnus.org \
    --cc=rrt@sc3d.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this external index

	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git
	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git

This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.