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

[Gregory Heytings]

> > (defun my/current-column ()
> >    (- (point) (pos-bol)))
>
> It's not entirely correct to call this a "column", though...

That's what the OP wanted, indeed it's not a "column" in the visual sense 
anymore (e.g. a TAB counts for 1), but it's still a "column" in a "number 
of characters" sense.  Well, almost: when glyphs are composed, that 
function will not give the result the OP expects I think, e.g. with a line 
with only "🧙🏻" 2 is returned.