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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Skipping words with C-<right> like other editors do
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:09:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvk1t6ghu4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8X4FNPS29FQCmsyMqMn4T-tR7ukpW=bqo4uAO7j3ax1VA@mail.gmail.com> (Yuri Khan's message of "Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:27:51 +0700")

>>> I came up with the following functions. Usage:
>> Why not use find-word-boundary-function-table?
>
> Hm, no luck.
>
> Consider the following buffer text (with ‘|’ indicating point and
> second line showing numeric positions):
>
>     foo| *** +++ bar
>     1.. .5...10....5
>
> Invoking ‘forward-word’ here causes the function registered in
> ‘find-word-boundary-function-table’ to be called with arguments (13
> 16), but we wanted to stop at 8. By the time the driver asks if anyone
> wants off the bus, we’re already way past our stop!

I think this deserves a bug report, then.  You shouldn't need to
override umpteen commands to provide you own definition of what is a word.


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-17 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <778085015.663724.1523818187137.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2018-04-15 18:49 ` Skipping words with C-<right> like other editors do R. Diez
2018-04-15 22:09   ` Skip Montanaro
     [not found]   ` <mailman.12470.1523830225.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15 22:17     ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found] ` <mailman.12459.1523825033.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15 21:43   ` Emanuel Berg
2018-04-15 21:54     ` Tim Johnson
2018-04-15 23:34   ` James K. Lowden
2018-04-16  8:22     ` Yuri Khan
2018-04-16 17:31       ` Yuri Khan
2018-04-16 18:49         ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-16 19:23           ` Yuri Khan
2018-04-17  9:27           ` Yuri Khan
2018-04-17 12:09             ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2018-04-18  8:59               ` Yuri Khan
     [not found]     ` <mailman.12492.1523866951.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-16 23:53       ` James K. Lowden

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