Re: How to get the current column regardless of the content of the current line?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:02:59 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> 
> >> (defun my/current-column ()
> >>   (- (point) (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (point))))
> >               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >               (line-beginning-position)
> >
> > -- Stefan
> >
> 
> Indeed.  Or even 'pos-bol':
> 
> (defun my/current-column ()
>    (- (point) (pos-bol)))

It's not entirely correct to call this a "column", though...