From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: What is the difference between `current-word' and `word-at-point'? Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:56:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87ft0ea77v.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24897"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 28.0.50 To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 29 06:57:11 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lQjxe-0006KL-LB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:57:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35362 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lQjxd-0004Ny-N2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:57:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54382) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lQjxA-0004Ni-DR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:56:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:45012) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lQjx6-0004Ge-Hy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:56:39 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3179E66FC for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:56:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id mHdfmryT6-dG for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:56:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (178235147053.dynamic-3-poz-k-0-1-0.vectranet.pl [178.235.147.53]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 48CF7E6250 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:56:27 +0200 (CEST) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=195.110.48.8; envelope-from=mbork@mbork.pl; helo=mail.mojserwer.eu X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128744 Archived-At: Hi all, it seems Emacs has two functions with a very similar purpose, `current-word' and `word-at-point'. I understand some obvious differences (like that `current-word' can treat "symbol" characters as constituting a word or not, and `word-at-point' can give the current word with the properties), but does anyone know (a) why Emacs has both functions, and (b) if/when their results can actually differ (apart from the obvious cases like I mentioned)? TIA, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl