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RE: current-column doesn't reflect display column any longer


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: current-column doesn't reflect display column any longer
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:03:06 -0800

    > emacs -q
    >
    > Enter some lines of text in a buffer, with some TAB characters in some
    > of the lines.
    >
    > Put the cursor just after one of the TABs and do `M-:
    > (current-column)'. Do the same at places directly above or below the
    > same position, in other lines that have not TABs (or a different
    > number of TABs). Keep the cursor, in other words, in the same column
    > and evaluat that `current-column'.
    >
    > The result should always be the same, for the same column. It is
    > not. Instead, each TAB is simply counted as one character.

    It works for me with yesterday's CVS.  So it was fixed, unless you can
    post a precise recipe that somehow breaks that.

No, there was nothing special as a recipe. I'm sure you would have seen the
problem if it were still a problem. Glad it's fixed.  Thanks for checking.





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