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(List Motion): Note optional args.

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various characters; see @ref{Syntax Tables}.  @xref{Parsing
Expressions}, for lower-level primitives for scanning sexps or parts of
sexps.  For user-level commands, see @ref{Lists Commands,,, emacs, The GNU
Emacs Manual}.

@deffn Command forward-list arg
This function moves forward across @var{arg} balanced groups of
parentheses.  (Other syntactic entities such as words or paired string
quotes are ignored.)
@end deffn

@deffn Command backward-list arg
This function moves backward across @var{arg} balanced groups of
parentheses.  (Other syntactic entities such as words or paired string
quotes are ignored.)
@end deffn

@deffn Command up-list arg
This function moves forward out of @var{arg} levels of parentheses.
A negative argument means move backward but still to a less deep spot.
@end deffn

@deffn Command down-list arg
This function moves forward into @var{arg} levels of parentheses.  A
negative argument means move backward but still go
deeper in parentheses (@minus{}@var{arg} levels).
@end deffn

@deffn Command forward-sexp arg
This function moves forward across @var{arg} balanced expressions.
Balanced expressions include both those delimited by parentheses and
other kinds, such as words and string constants.  For example,

@example
@group

---------- Buffer: foo ----------
@end group
@end example
@end deffn

@deffn Command backward-sexp arg
This function moves backward across @var{arg} balanced expressions.
@end deffn

@deffn Command beginning-of-defun arg
This function moves back to the @var{arg}th beginning of a defun.  If
@var{arg} is negative, this actually moves forward, but it still moves

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various characters; see @ref{Syntax Tables}.  @xref{Parsing
Expressions}, for lower-level primitives for scanning sexps or parts of
sexps.  For user-level commands, see @ref{Lists Commands,,, emacs, The GNU
Emacs Manual}.

@deffn Command forward-list &optional arg
This function moves forward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced groups of
parentheses.  (Other syntactic entities such as words or paired string
quotes are ignored.)
@end deffn

@deffn Command backward-list &optional arg
This function moves backward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced groups of
parentheses.  (Other syntactic entities such as words or paired string
quotes are ignored.)
@end deffn

@deffn Command up-list &optional arg
This function moves forward out of @var{arg} (default 1) levels of parentheses.
A negative argument means move backward but still to a less deep spot.
@end deffn

@deffn Command down-list &optional arg
This function moves forward into @var{arg} (default 1) levels of parentheses.  A
negative argument means move backward but still go
deeper in parentheses (@minus{}@var{arg} levels).
@end deffn

@deffn Command forward-sexp &optional arg
This function moves forward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced expressions.
Balanced expressions include both those delimited by parentheses and
other kinds, such as words and string constants.  For example,

@example
@group

---------- Buffer: foo ----------
@end group
@end example
@end deffn

@deffn Command backward-sexp &optional arg
This function moves backward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced expressions.
@end deffn

@deffn Command beginning-of-defun arg
This function moves back to the @var{arg}th beginning of a defun.  If
@var{arg} is negative, this actually moves forward, but it still moves