GNU bug report logs - #77438
[FEATURE REQUEST] Freely positioning the cursor anywhere in the buffer (Vim’s virtualedit=all Equivalent in Emacs)

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Message #29 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: James Cherti <contact <at> jamescherti.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77438: [FEATURE REQUEST] Freely positioning the cursor
 anywhere in the buffer (Vim’s virtualedit=all
 Equivalent in Emacs)
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:48:37 +0300

> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 11:33:02 -0400
> From: James Cherti <contact <at> jamescherti.com>
> 
> Thank you for your comments, which helped clarify the purpose of
> this feature request.
> 
> If you have any ideas on how this could be implemented, whether or
> not it involves changing the Emacs internals, please feel free to
> share your insights.

All of my suggestions were based on existing features.  If they work
and do the job you want this to do, you should be able to implement
these features without any changes to the internals.

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