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Re: How to get the current column regardless of the content of the curre

From: Gregory Heytings
Subject: Re: How to get the current column regardless of the content of the current line?
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:02:59 +0000 


(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)))
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