Emacs mode for "free" cursor positioning
emacs
Solution
`picture-mode` lets you position cursor anywhere on the screen. Don't let the name fool you, it's not about images:
To edit a picture made out of text characters (for example, a picture of the division of a register into fields, as a comment in a program), use the command M-x picture-mode to enter Picture mode.
Problem
Is there a mode that would allow me to place the cursor anywhere on the screen (including after a line end), either by a mouse click or through keys? Edit: A minor mode based on picture-mode, which does exactactly what the question asked. ``` (define-minor-mode free-point-mode "Place the cursor anywhere on the screen, irrespective of linebreaks, by clicking or using the arrow keys" nil nil `((,(kbd "<mouse-1>") . picture-mouse-set-point) (,[remap right-char] . picture-forward-column) (,[remap left-char] . picture-backward-column) (,[remap previous-line] . picture-move-up) (,[remap next-line] . picture-move-down)) (require 'picture)) (defadvice picture-mouse-set-point (after no-region activate) (deactivate-mark)) ```