Your Wish is My Command

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difference in row and column positions in this example. For example, a

move to the absolute column 19 is consistent, as is a relative move forward

nineteen columns (because the cursor started out on the zeroth column).

In addition, various string search functions may apply. In this case,

the cursor ended up after the word

sample and before the string <!--.

SMARTedit can't tell whether the word

sample is the important feature or

whether perhaps the string

ample would suffice or even just the string le. (It

knows that the prefix e alone was not the important feature; otherwise, ...