Re: Skipping words with C-<right> like other editors do

[Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com>]

Skip Montanaro wrote:

> I think you probably want to tweak the
> relevant syntax table

You can use this (source last) as a template
for experimentation. Do `backward-word' and
`bwe' with point at the end of "g.args" and see
what happens.

This is done in the code with

    ?. "w"

which means, I think, that a point (full stop,
".") is considered a part of a word, so
`backward-word' shouldn't stop at it
but continue.

Perhaps there is a package that does what the
OP wants tho.

(defun backward-word-experiment ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((temp-st (make-syntax-table)))
    (modify-syntax-entry ?. "w" temp-st)
    (with-syntax-table temp-st
      (backward-word 1) )))
(defalias 'bwe 'backward-word-experiment)
;; never fear, g.args is here

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