Emacs: Show Cursor Column Position
Show Cursor Column Number
- 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