Re: Inserting at particular buffer position

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:04:03 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> ------- Original Message -------
> 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.

What do you mean by "position not available"?

How do you compute that position's row and column, if it isn't available?