Re: last-non-white-space-on-line

[Andreas Roehler <andreas.roehler@online.de>]

Arndt Jonasson wrote:

> Andreas Roehler wrote:
>> is there a function known to jump to the last
>> non-whitspace char in line - as (back-to-indentation)
>> does in the other direction?
>>
>> Could write something like
>>
>> (defun last-non-white-space-on-line ()
>>   " "
>>   (interactive)
>>   (end-of-line)
>>   (skip-chars-backward "[ \t]"))
>>
>> Nonetheles, would prever to use an already existing
>> macro.
> 
> Not one function of course, but I would do C-e M-\
> This deletes the whitespace, but that's what I want to happen
> anyway if I'm not adding more to the line.

Basicaly you are right, don't imagine any use of
whitespaces at the end of line.

Thanks

Andreas Roehler


BTW.: Got a hint concerning an error in the previous
draft. Here a better one:

(defun last-non-white-space-on-line ()
  " "
  (interactive)
  (end-of-line)
  (skip-chars-backward " \t"))

;; To do it with  (delete-horizontal-space):    

(defun last-non-white-space-on-line ()
  " "
  (interactive)
  (end-of-line)
  (delete-horizontal-space)        
  ;;   (skip-chars-backward " \t")
  (backward-char 1))