Re: moving point over invisible and intangible text

[Miles Bader]

Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> writes:
> Let us search for the answer in the doc string:
> 
> (line-move-to-column COL)
> 
> Try to find column COL, considering invisibility.
> This function works only in certain cases,
> because what we really need is for `move-to-column'
> and `current-column' to be able to ignore invisible text.

So how hard would it be to make `move-to-column' and `current-column'
work properly in this respect?

> Personal comment:
> 
> I am not completely sure what "find column COL, considering
> invisibility" concretely means

On the face of it, it seems obvious -- move to column COL, as if all
invisible text had been deleted, and then put back after the move.  Is
there any subtlety above that?!?

-Miles
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