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changeset 52541:b0b4c9f22ee7
(Word Motion): forward-word, backward-word arg is optional. Reword.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:38:03 +0000 |
| parents | 8c622de0d2ed |
| children | 0df4c5163e4e |
| files | lispref/positions.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/positions.texi Fri Sep 19 14:36:59 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/positions.texi Fri Sep 19 14:38:03 2003 +0000 @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ These functions for parsing words use the syntax table to decide whether a given character is part of a word. @xref{Syntax Tables}. -@deffn Command forward-word count +@deffn Command forward-word &optional count This function moves point forward @var{count} words (or backward if @var{count} is negative). ``Moving one word'' means moving until point crosses a word-constituent character and then encounters a @@ -203,19 +203,12 @@ this function ignores field boundaries. In an interactive call, @var{count} is specified by the numeric prefix -argument. +argument. If @var{count} is omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to 1. @end deffn -@deffn Command backward-word count +@deffn Command backward-word &optional count This function is just like @code{forward-word}, except that it moves backward until encountering the front of a word, rather than forward. - -In an interactive call, @var{count} is set to the numeric prefix -argument. - -@c [Now optimized by compiler.] -@c This function is rarely used in programs, as it is more efficient to -@c call @code{forward-word} with a negative argument. @end deffn @defvar words-include-escapes