Re: Column-number-mode ordinality question

[Cecil Westerhof]

Smith_RS <rsmithpv@gmail.com> writes:

> I know that historically RMS was against this, but is there any way in
> 23.1 to change the behavior of column-number-mode so that it begins
> with 1 and not 0?
>
> Under Linux I can just change the code in xdisp.c, but I'm doing more
> work with Windows these days.

I have some code that I use to display things different:

laatste-fetch-gnus.png
Description: My modified modeline

I have here combined line number and column number. (Saves modeline
estate.) I work with the default starting with 0, but it is easy to
change the code. (The blessing of OSS.) I use:
    (defun buffer-position (&optional do-yank)
      (let ((ret-val (format "%d,%d" (line-number-at-pos) (current-column))))
        (buffer-count-exit do-yank (interactive-p) ret-val nil)))
but this could be changed to:
    (defun buffer-position (&optional do-yank)
      (let ((ret-val (format "%d,%d" (line-number-at-pos) (1+ 
(current-column)))))
        (buffer-count-exit do-yank (interactive-p) ret-val nil)))

Let me know if you are interested. I did post it in the past, but it
will be better to have the latest version.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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