From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word? Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:34:56 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87irmphzhu.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151260547 878 80.91.229.2 (25 Jun 2006 18:35:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:35:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 25 20:35:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuZSQ-00062w-9A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:35:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuZSP-0004Gy-MA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:35:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FuZSB-0004CO-Je for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:35:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FuZS8-00046h-Ql for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:35:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuZS8-00046M-KT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:35:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FuZdq-0007Sv-1H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:47:30 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FuZRv-0005zG-QR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:35:11 +0200 Original-Received: from sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.223.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:35:11 +0200 Original-Received: from sdl.web by sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:35:11 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 8 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEAAAAASCAMAAADc8SgQAAAAwFBMVEUCBQEJDAgTFRIaHBof IB4jJCIrLCotLywyNDE3OTY8Pjs/QD5FRkRJS0hRU1BWV1VbXVpiZGFnaWZrbWptb2xvcW52eHV5 enh+gH2Bg4CHiYaLjYqNj4yRk5CXmZaanJmdn5ygop+mqKWqrKmsrqutr6yxs7CztbK4ure7vbq/ wb7DxcLHycbJy8jNz8vQ0s/T1dLW2NXc3tvf4d7h5ODl5+Po6ufr7enu8O3x8/Dz9fL1+PT4+vf6 /Pn7/fr+//wGuxWtAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH1gIaAyMw1+FInQAAAXxJ REFUOMulk+tygjAQhalFWodYvIwyiNUKA95QVLwQhLPv/1ZNAKWX8Yd6ZsLAZvdL9iQo9KSUx0v3 0wV/BjDSzZY6exxw0BJgrqaPApBtQeDK6eEdAGJ4DQhAZjFmWVZf798LmTUi6QGgmQCysHtfeWa1 OXITj8pMYrh9Vz03vmQbEuArMeETSZBPpIdKvMg9B2faL2NKgl3R/zZIuFZnjDW5bKGnrVfmROLk 5LhWqVmEbEcfu8u3+XD14YrvjeEsWRrlyj3QDN/To6u96VVJmkdO40AJAVU4ZQqfInWDhcpRSABi ZQ4MQYusPJ9KRSDhtgEclROBjQhGK8+hfMgdeMICSpGaRf6iU8kuiUzwnXdQ/BJleJ38/pnQ0yUJ g8JDbOxKbnlgtZDQ7Ql/GGzUxZnR7ngBxEHdCMP1rKOD/rVQhlY18aL5BMuczmncTmJnkF4AO9/3 PN9z3e3tW3uciodzFm58LcUCwWgS4drC39Vu3XsqbMu7/Zn8DYna+irHnqnQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DnkJNmnz2yQ0yMvfRPrwHuaRTvo= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35655 Archived-At: Eric Hanchrow writes: > Actually, (looking-at "\\b\\w") is better. Indeed, this works better than "\\b". Thanks a lot. -- Leon