From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15115: 24.3.50; doc of `skip-syntax-backward' Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:12:59 -0800 Message-ID: <87wqh62nms.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391836509 19113 80.91.229.3 (8 Feb 2014 05:15:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 05:15:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15115@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 08 06:15:16 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0G3-0004LH-Iy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 06:15:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44984 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0G2-0002s0-V1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:15:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34776) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0Fw-0002rQ-5p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:15:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0Fr-0002z6-6b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:15:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42026) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0Fr-0002yA-3M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0Fq-0000RB-Mn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:15:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 05:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15115 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15115-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15115.13918364661602 (code B ref 15115); Sat, 08 Feb 2014 05:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15115) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Feb 2014 05:14:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56042 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0FG-0000Pk-80 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:14:26 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:38956) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0FE-0000Pa-5X for 15115@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:14:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WC0Ey-0005VO-JI; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 06:14:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:04:05 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1WC0Ey-0005VO-JI MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1392441250.27933@iLXBTJnRX8srpGvKoeqsYA X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:84887 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > Both the doc string and (elisp) Motion and Syntax speak incorrectly of > the value returned by this function. They say that the value is the > "distance traveled" and that it is zero or less. > > It is zero or less, and its *absolute value* is the distance traveled > backward. (No negative distances, at least not in this geometry.) Fixed on trunk. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/