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efaq: Forcing the cursor to remain in the same column

 
 5.34 How do I make Emacs behave like this: when I go up or down, the cursor should stay in the same column even if the line is too short?
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 Use ‘M-x picture-mode’.
 
    See also the variable ‘track-eol’ and the command ‘set-goal-column’
 bound to ‘C-x C-n’ ((emacs)Moving Point).
 

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