Variable: mode-line-position-column-format

mode-line-position-column-format is a customizable variable defined in bindings.el.gz.

Value

(" C%c")

Documentation

Format used to display column numbers in the mode line.

This is used when column-number-mode(var)/column-number-mode(fun) is switched on. The
"%c" format spec is replaced by the zero-based column number,
and "%C" is replaced by the one-based column number.

Also see mode-line-position-column-line-format.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 28.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 28.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/bindings.el.gz
(defcustom mode-line-position-column-format '(" C%c")
  "Format used to display column numbers in the mode line.
This is used when `column-number-mode' is switched on.  The
\"%c\" format spec is replaced by the zero-based column number,
and \"%C\" is replaced by the one-based column number.

Also see `mode-line-position-column-line-format'."
  :type '(list string)
  :version "28.1"
  :group 'mode-line)