From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15115: 24.3.50; doc of `skip-syntax-backward' Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:04:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376751945 4758 80.91.229.3 (17 Aug 2013 15:05:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:05:45 +0000 (UTC) To: 15115@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 17 17:05:46 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1VAi4X-0002gI-3Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:05:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36120 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi4W-0004hZ-MS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:05:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40545) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi4E-0004as-TA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:05:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi3r-0007de-Ab for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:05:26 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi3r-0007cH-2p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi3q-00034z-01 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:05:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 15115 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.137675188611809 (code B ref -1); Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Aug 2013 15:04:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36829 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi3a-00034P-J2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38407) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi3W-000343-Si for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:04:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi3H-0007K6-8T for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:04:37 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:57422) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi3H-0007Jy-5w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:04:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39995) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi38-0003hc-J9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:04:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi30-0007Gp-1o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:04:18 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:37337) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAi2z-0007GO-Qs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:04:09 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r7HF47Xd006240 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:04:08 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r7HF46kL002756 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:04:07 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt111.oracle.com (abhmt111.oracle.com [141.146.116.63]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r7HF46au025875 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:04:06 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:77460 Archived-At: 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=3D/c/Devel/emacs/binary --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3 LDFLAGS=3D-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib CPPFLAGS=3D-Ic:/Devel/emacs/include'