Hmm,
nope -- perldoc Tk |grep -in position
nope -- grep SetPosition -r Tk-804.031
*brains* -- I remember its http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tk/pod/Text.pod#INDICES you want
$text->SetCursor( "$line.$char" );
$text->SetCursor( "+ $count chars" );
$text->SetCursor( "- $count chars" );
$text->SetCursor( "+ $count lines" );
$text->SetCursor( "- $count lines" );
$text->SetCursor( "wordstart" );
$text->SetCursor( "wordend" );
$text->SetCursor( "linestart" );
$text->SetCursor( "lineend" );
$text->SetCursor( "imageName" );
$text->SetCursor( $widget );
$text->SetCursor( "tag.first" );
$text->SetCursor( "tag.last" );
$text->SetCursor( "mark" );
$text->SetCursor( "othermark" );
$text->SetCursor( "end" );
$text->SetCursor( "@30,50" ); ## pixels