bug#15115: 24.3.50; doc of `skip-syntax-backward'

bug#15115: 24.3.50; doc of `skip-syntax-backward'

[Drew Adams]

Both the doc string and (elisp) Motion and Syntax speak incorrectly of
the value returned by this function.  They say that the value is the
"distance traveled" and that it is zero or less.

It is zero or less, and its *absolute value* is the distance traveled
backward.  (No negative distances, at least not in this geometry.)



In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2013-08-07 on ODIEONE
Bzr revision: 113750 lekktu@gmail.com-20130808011911-0jzpc9xuncegg6x9
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/Devel/emacs/binary --enable-checking=yes,glyphs
 CFLAGS=-O0 -g3 LDFLAGS=-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib
 CPPFLAGS=-Ic:/Devel/emacs/include'

bug#15115: 24.3.50; doc of `skip-syntax-backward'

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Both the doc string and (elisp) Motion and Syntax speak incorrectly of
> the value returned by this function.  They say that the value is the
> "distance traveled" and that it is zero or less.
>
> It is zero or less, and its *absolute value* is the distance traveled
> backward.  (No negative distances, at least not in this geometry.)

Fixed on trunk.

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