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Re: Inserting at particular buffer position


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Inserting at particular buffer position
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:49:39 +0200

> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 11:16:47 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > > 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?
> 
> Suppose I insert in the current buffer, to a line larger than the greatest 
> line
> where the cursor can go.  Nothing gets printed after that.  And if I try to 
> print
> to a column which is larger than available whitespace, things do not get 
> printed.

Insert enough newlines where you lack lines, and insert enough SPC
characters to have the column you want.



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