Emacs: Show Cursor Position
Show Cursor Column Number

column-number-mode
Alt+x column-number-mode
→ show line number and cursor column position in mode line (aka status bar), like this: (166,3)
. The first
is line number, the second is position from the beginning of line.
To always have it on, put the following code in your emacs init file.
;; show cursor position within line (column-number-mode 1)
Show Ruler
Alt+x ruler-mode
→ display a ruler at top of current window.

ruler-mode
Cursor Position in Buffer
Alt+x describe-char
→ show the current cursor position.
In a buffer, the left of first character has position 0.

describe-char
Jump to a Cursor Position
Alt+x goto-char
→ move cursor to a given position.
Emacs Show Line/Column Number
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