From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Using backward-char non-interactively Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:58:43 +0100 Organization: WMI UAM Message-ID: <20131231145843.661d4304@aga-netbook> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388498659 2742 80.91.229.3 (31 Dec 2013 14:04:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:04:19 +0000 (UTC) To: GNU Emacs users list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 31 15:04:26 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1Vxzvl-0007TN-5m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:04:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33818 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vxzvk-0000C3-F5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:04:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44586) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxzqK-0004zB-Ue for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:58:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxzqJ-0006cP-UY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:58:48 -0500 Original-Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:51312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxzqJ-0006c7-Nx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:58:47 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDEAF6B6CD for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:58:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id m73Jfd0tGnIB for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:58:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from aga-netbook (unknown [IPv6:2001:808:114:6:11f:67b6:b394:21c4]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A3D166B6C9 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:58:44 +0100 (CET) X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.17; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:808:114:2::50 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:95213 Archived-At: Hi, is it ok to use backward-char in elisp programs assuming that I did check that I'm not at beginning of buffer? Or is it better to use (goto-char (1- point)) or something like that? Or maybe it doesn't matter? ("Better" may be in terms of style, speed, or side effects, like cluttering the *Messages* buffer.) TIA, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University