Re: Inserting at particular buffer position

[Heime]

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On Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 7:24 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:


> > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 01:12:52 +0000
> > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com
> > 
> > The function "insert", inserts characters into the current buffer, at 
> > point, moving point forward.
> > But how can I insert at a particular position (row column).
> 
> 
> You need to move point there first. For example, with goto-char (if you
> know the buffer position), or with forward-line followed by move-to-column
> (of you know the line and column).

A problem that I encounter is that if the position (row col) is not available,
point does not switch to the correct position.