Variable: goal-column

goal-column is a customizable and buffer-local variable defined in simple.el.gz.

Documentation

Semipermanent goal column for vertical motion, as set by C-x C-n (set-goal-column), or nil.

A non-nil setting overrides the variable line-move-visual(var)/line-move-visual(fun), which see.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/simple.el.gz
(defcustom goal-column nil
  "Semipermanent goal column for vertical motion, as set by \\[set-goal-column], or nil.
A non-nil setting overrides the variable `line-move-visual', which see."
  :type '(choice integer
		 (const :tag "None" nil))
  :group 'editing-basics)