Re: find when a word is within the current window

[Helmut Eller]

On Wed, Jan 23 2013, Luca Ferrari wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm implementing a jump-to-label function that would split the current
> window and scroll up/down within the same buffer to the point where a
> label is defined. And it works! However, I'd like to have the split to
> happen only when the label I'm searching for is not visible within the
> current window (i.e., it makes sense to jump to it). How can I find if
> a word is currently visible within the current window? I suspect,
> since I already know at which line the label is, one way is to check
> with window window boundaries against the label line number, but there
> could be a smarter way.

pos-visible-in-window-p seems appropriate.

Helmut