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Re: Can header-line track a row in my file?
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Lee |
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Re: Can header-line track a row in my file? |
Date: |
27 Oct 2002 06:13:47 -0800 |
"Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu>
wrote in message news:<5lpttyz0ux.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu>...
> >>>>> "Lee" == Lee <mus5mk2ly001@sneakemail.com> writes:
> > I have a file in a large table that I have to scroll around in. It
> > would be nice to hang the first row of the table, which tells me what
> > is in what column, at the top of the buffer and have it update as I
> > scroll horizontally through the table.
>
> Try something like
>
> (set (make-local-variable 'header-line-format)
> '(:eval (save-excursion
> (goto-char (point))
> (move-to-column (window-hscroll))
> (buffer-substring (point) (line-end-position)))))
Awesome, thanks! In my case I want to track a particular line, so it would be
(set (make-local-variable 'header-line-format)
'(:eval (save-excursion
(goto-line 18)
(move-to-column (window-hscroll))
(buffer-substring (point) (line-end-position)))))
Thanks again,
Lee