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> cc: guile@cygnus.com > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:35:02 -0800 > From: Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com> > > > hmm, `C-a M-: (current-column) RET' says 0. the `1-' in the comment > > seems to be a verb, not an adjective. here's the referenced code: > > ;; Columns in error msgs are 1-origin. > > (move-to-column (1- column)) > > Wrong. "1-orgin" means "starts at 1", as opposed to "0-origin", > which means "starts at 0". This is a an old debate (does the > first element of an array have index 1, as in Fortran, or 0, > as in C?), with old terminology. > > The referenced code takes the the 1-origin column number from the > error message, and subtracts 1 (to convert it it to 0-origin), > before passing it to move-to-column (which expects a 0-origin column > number). i see the ambiguity. since `move-to-column' expects 0-origin, i don't understand what you mean when you say "GNU standard" columns start with 1. thi