Re: How to specify argument to move-to-column function

[Kevin Rodgers]

Ankur Jain wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to use move-to-column function in Emacs. Following the 
> documentation,
>
> *Function : move-to-column * /column &optional force
> /This function moves point to column in the current line. The 
> calculation of column takes into account the widths of the displayed 
> representations of the characters between the start of the line and point.
>
> I cannot specify the column parameter to move to a particular column say 
> 20. Please help.

The doc string should mention that the COLUMN arg can be specified
interactively as the prefix arg.

C-u 20 M-x move-to-column

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA