Re: Alternative to current-column that counts from visual line beginning

[Yuan Fu]

> On Dec 28, 2020, at 9:40 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> 
>> to get the column number counting from the visual line beginning. Is
>> there a function that does what I want? If not, maybe we should add
>> one, or add an argument to current-column.
> 
> `posn-at-point`?
> 

That works, albeit a bit convoluted comparing to current-column and only works 
when point is visible. Another less legit point is that posn-at-point is a bit 
far-fetched semantically: for me it is more about GUI pixel positions than 
text-based column and line positions. All things considered, I still prefer a 
dedicated function or an additional argument to current-column.

Yuan