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| author | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2018-03-13 22:17:43 -0400 |
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| committer | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2018-03-16 19:51:28 -0400 |
| commit | 10bd3b3af8acfc226acadc654298865cffc19cc9 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ef51cc5e2e671b415984365c9cfa93d374d72da /lisp/simple.el | |
| parent | 2b8507fbdce8228ccdbcbc31fe545a50330ddd51 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-10bd3b3af8acfc226acadc654298865cffc19cc9.tar.gz | |
Improve word motion docs (Bug#30815)
* doc/lispref/positions.texi (Word Motion): Fix reference to
`char-script-table'.
* lisp/simple.el (backward-word):
* src/syntax.c (forward-word): Mention `char-script-table' and add
link to the 'Word Motion' manual section.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/simple.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/simple.el | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index b7ad6ebd799..d8abeb30004 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -7027,11 +7027,13 @@ current object." With argument ARG, do this that many times. If ARG is omitted or nil, move point backward one word. -The word boundaries are normally determined by the buffer's syntax -table, but `find-word-boundary-function-table', such as set up -by `subword-mode', can change that. If a Lisp program needs to -move by words determined strictly by the syntax table, it should -use `backward-word-strictly' instead." +The word boundaries are normally determined by the buffer's +syntax table and character script (according to +`char-script-table'), but `find-word-boundary-function-table', +such as set up by `subword-mode', can change that. If a Lisp +program needs to move by words determined strictly by the syntax +table, it should use `backward-word-strictly' instead. See Info +node `(elisp) Word Motion' for details." (interactive "^p") (forward-word (- (or arg 1)))) |