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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2016-08-22 14:38:49 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2016-08-22 14:38:49 -0700 |
| commit | 590dab5a68f4283d53ce79d4633fe1503131baea (patch) | |
| tree | 2e2452d22d54826cb84e2c5dc976abbb2ed40322 /doc/lispref/positions.texi | |
| parent | caa2770d1d79f9c8013d6dddcd9e86d05230b26d (diff) | |
| parent | 8c2946e29b38fa3e0dff6b4d402ba0fda0e03c9b (diff) | |
| download | emacs-590dab5a68f4283d53ce79d4633fe1503131baea.tar.gz | |
Merge from origin/emacs-25
8c2946e In NEWS describe new handling of window margins (Bug#24193)
0cee66c Facultatively ignore margins when splitting and resizing wind...
8d68147 Document CATEGORY arg to modify-category-entry
8342e74 Document char-script-table's effect on word motion
e9ff485 Further fix for 'url-http-create-request' and multibyte strings
0695235 Fix docstring of eval-expression
98b01dd Clarify when 'cursor' property is in effect
75f1882 Convert the remaining strings to unibyte before concatenating
d2db5dd Fix bug with handling the bidi cache
ccd0e92 * doc/lispref/text.texi (Change Hooks): Minor copyedits.
f785ff4 Clarify documentation of before/after-change-functions
3c9cb57 Document use of vectors in keymaps
# Conflicts:
# src/xdisp.c
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/positions.texi b/doc/lispref/positions.texi index 796a06615ae..a56ab5ef307 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/positions.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/positions.texi @@ -192,8 +192,9 @@ in the opposite direction. @subsection Motion by Words The functions for parsing words described below use the syntax table -to decide whether a given character is part of a word. @xref{Syntax -Tables}. +and @code{char-script-table} to decide whether a given character is +part of a word. @xref{Syntax Tables}, and see @ref{Character +Properties}. @deffn Command forward-word &optional count This function moves point forward @var{count} words (or backward if @@ -207,11 +208,13 @@ and then continue moving until the word ends. By default, characters that begin and end words, known as @dfn{word boundaries}, are defined by the current buffer's syntax table (@pxref{Syntax Class Table}), but modes can override that by setting up a suitable -@code{find-word-boundary-function-table}, described below. In any -case, this function cannot move point past the boundary of the -accessible portion of the buffer, or across a field boundary -(@pxref{Fields}). The most common case of a field boundary is the end -of the prompt in the minibuffer. +@code{find-word-boundary-function-table}, described below. Characters +that belong to different scripts (as defined by +@code{char-syntax-table}), also define a word boundary +(@pxref{Character Properties}). In any case, this function cannot +move point past the boundary of the accessible portion of the buffer, +or across a field boundary (@pxref{Fields}). The most common case of +a field boundary is the end of the prompt in the minibuffer. If it is possible to move @var{count} words, without being stopped prematurely by the buffer boundary or a field boundary, the value is |