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@end example
@end defun

@node Motion
@section Motion

  Motion functions change the value of point, either relative to the
current value of point, relative to the beginning or end of the buffer,
or relative to the edges of the selected window.  @xref{Point}.

@code{forward-paragraph} ignore field boundaries.
@end defvar

@node Buffer End Motion
@subsection Motion to an End of the Buffer

  To move point to the beginning of the buffer, write:

@example
@group

@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@subsection Moving over Balanced Expressions
@cindex sexp motion
@cindex Lisp expression motion
@cindex list motion

  Here are several functions concerned with balanced-parenthesis
expressions (also called @dfn{sexps} in connection with moving across
them in Emacs).  The syntax table controls how these functions interpret
various characters; see @ref{Syntax Tables}.  @xref{Parsing

Configurations}).

@defspec save-excursion body@dots{}
@cindex mark excursion
@cindex point excursion
@cindex current buffer excursion
The @code{save-excursion} special form saves the identity of the current
buffer and the values of point and the mark in it, evaluates
@var{body}, and finally restores the buffer and its saved values of
point and the mark.  All three saved values are restored even in case of
an abnormal exit via @code{throw} or error (@pxref{Nonlocal Exits}).

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@end example
@end defun

@node Motion
@section Motion
@cindex motion by chars, words, lines, lists

  Motion functions change the value of point, either relative to the
current value of point, relative to the beginning or end of the buffer,
or relative to the edges of the selected window.  @xref{Point}.

@code{forward-paragraph} ignore field boundaries.
@end defvar

@node Buffer End Motion
@subsection Motion to an End of the Buffer
@cindex move to beginning or end of buffer

  To move point to the beginning of the buffer, write:

@example
@group

@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@subsection Moving over Balanced Expressions
@cindex sexp motion
@cindex Lisp expression motion
@cindex list motion
@cindex balanced parenthesis motion

  Here are several functions concerned with balanced-parenthesis
expressions (also called @dfn{sexps} in connection with moving across
them in Emacs).  The syntax table controls how these functions interpret
various characters; see @ref{Syntax Tables}.  @xref{Parsing

Configurations}).

@defspec save-excursion body@dots{}
@cindex mark excursion
@cindex point excursion
The @code{save-excursion} special form saves the identity of the current
buffer and the values of point and the mark in it, evaluates
@var{body}, and finally restores the buffer and its saved values of
point and the mark.  All three saved values are restored even in case of
an abnormal exit via @code{throw} or error (@pxref{Nonlocal Exits}).