> Are these functions defining word boundaries? What are the \\< and \(current-word t t) would better suits my own needs actually.
> \> used for? Using (current-word) should probably be sufficient, no?
In that case, I think your first recipe (C-s C-w C-s) is the shortest
> Also, I didn't realize this until after I tried Chris's solution, but
> I also need it to highlight other occurrences of (current-word) in
> the buffer.
solution.
HTH,
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Bastien