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### 5.34 How do I make Emacs behave like this: when I go up or down, the cursor should stay in the same column even if the line is too short?

Use `M-x picture-mode`.

See also the variable `track-eol` and the command `set-goal-column` bound to `C-x C-n` (see Moving Point in The GNU Emacs Manual).