Doc fixes for thingatpt.el.

* lisp/thingatpt.el (forward-thing, bounds-of-thing-at-point)
(thing-at-point, beginning-of-thing, end-of-thing, in-string-p)
(end-of-sexp, beginning-of-sexp)
(thing-at-point-bounds-of-list-at-point, forward-whitespace)
(forward-symbol, forward-same-syntax, word-at-point)
(sentence-at-point): Doc fix (Bug#1144).
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Chong Yidong 2011-07-07 14:31:57 -04:00
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2011-07-07 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
* thingatpt.el (forward-thing, bounds-of-thing-at-point)
(thing-at-point, beginning-of-thing, end-of-thing, in-string-p)
(end-of-sexp, beginning-of-sexp)
(thing-at-point-bounds-of-list-at-point, forward-whitespace)
(forward-symbol, forward-same-syntax, word-at-point)
(sentence-at-point): Doc fix (Bug#1144).
2011-07-07 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
* info.el (Info-mode-map): Remove S-TAB binding, since [backtab]

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;;;###autoload
(defun forward-thing (thing &optional n)
"Move forward to the end of the Nth next THING."
"Move forward to the end of the Nth next THING.
THING should be a symbol specifying a type of syntactic entity.
Possibilities include `symbol', `list', `sexp', `defun',
`filename', `url', `email', `word', `sentence', `whitespace',
`line', and `page'."
(let ((forward-op (or (get thing 'forward-op)
(intern-soft (format "forward-%s" thing)))))
(if (functionp forward-op)
@ -67,15 +71,16 @@
;;;###autoload
(defun bounds-of-thing-at-point (thing)
"Determine the start and end buffer locations for the THING at point.
THING is a symbol which specifies the kind of syntactic entity you want.
Possibilities include `symbol', `list', `sexp', `defun', `filename', `url',
`email', `word', `sentence', `whitespace', `line', `page' and others.
THING should be a symbol specifying a type of syntactic entity.
Possibilities include `symbol', `list', `sexp', `defun',
`filename', `url', `email', `word', `sentence', `whitespace',
`line', and `page'.
See the file `thingatpt.el' for documentation on how to define
a symbol as a valid THING.
See the file `thingatpt.el' for documentation on how to define a
valid THING.
The value is a cons cell (START . END) giving the start and end positions
of the textual entity that was found."
Return a cons cell (START . END) giving the start and end
positions of the thing found."
(if (get thing 'bounds-of-thing-at-point)
(funcall (get thing 'bounds-of-thing-at-point))
(let ((orig (point)))
@ -125,9 +130,10 @@ of the textual entity that was found."
;;;###autoload
(defun thing-at-point (thing)
"Return the THING at point.
THING is a symbol which specifies the kind of syntactic entity you want.
Possibilities include `symbol', `list', `sexp', `defun', `filename', `url',
`email', `word', `sentence', `whitespace', `line', `page' and others.
THING should be a symbol specifying a type of syntactic entity.
Possibilities include `symbol', `list', `sexp', `defun',
`filename', `url', `email', `word', `sentence', `whitespace',
`line', and `page'.
See the file `thingatpt.el' for documentation on how to define
a symbol as a valid THING."
@ -140,11 +146,15 @@ a symbol as a valid THING."
;; Go to beginning/end
(defun beginning-of-thing (thing)
"Move point to the beginning of THING.
The bounds of THING are determined by `bounds-of-thing-at-point'."
(let ((bounds (bounds-of-thing-at-point thing)))
(or bounds (error "No %s here" thing))
(goto-char (car bounds))))
(defun end-of-thing (thing)
"Move point to the end of THING.
The bounds of THING are determined by `bounds-of-thing-at-point'."
(let ((bounds (bounds-of-thing-at-point thing)))
(or bounds (error "No %s here" thing))
(goto-char (cdr bounds))))
@ -162,12 +172,16 @@ a symbol as a valid THING."
;; Sexps
(defun in-string-p ()
"Return non-nil if point is in a string.
\[This is an internal function.]"
(let ((orig (point)))
(save-excursion
(beginning-of-defun)
(nth 3 (parse-partial-sexp (point) orig)))))
(defun end-of-sexp ()
"Move point to the end of the current sexp.
\[This is an internal function.]"
(let ((char-syntax (char-syntax (char-after))))
(if (or (eq char-syntax ?\))
(and (eq char-syntax ?\") (in-string-p)))
@ -177,6 +191,8 @@ a symbol as a valid THING."
(put 'sexp 'end-op 'end-of-sexp)
(defun beginning-of-sexp ()
"Move point to the beginning of the current sexp.
\[This is an internal function.]"
(let ((char-syntax (char-syntax (char-before))))
(if (or (eq char-syntax ?\()
(and (eq char-syntax ?\") (in-string-p)))
@ -190,6 +206,8 @@ a symbol as a valid THING."
(put 'list 'bounds-of-thing-at-point 'thing-at-point-bounds-of-list-at-point)
(defun thing-at-point-bounds-of-list-at-point ()
"Return the bounds of the list at point.
\[Internal function used by `bounds-of-thing-at-point'.]"
(save-excursion
(let ((opoint (point))
(beg (condition-case nil
@ -397,6 +415,11 @@ with angle brackets.")
;; Whitespace
(defun forward-whitespace (arg)
"Move point to the end of the next sequence of whitespace chars.
Each such sequence may be a single newline, or a sequence of
consecutive space and/or tab characters.
With prefix argument ARG, do it ARG times if positive, or move
backwards ARG times if negative."
(interactive "p")
(if (natnump arg)
(re-search-forward "[ \t]+\\|\n" nil 'move arg)
@ -414,6 +437,11 @@ with angle brackets.")
;; Symbols
(defun forward-symbol (arg)
"Move point to the next position that is the end of a symbol.
A symbol is any sequence of characters that are in either the
word constituent or symbol constituent syntax class.
With prefix argument ARG, do it ARG times if positive, or move
backwards ARG times if negative."
(interactive "p")
(if (natnump arg)
(re-search-forward "\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+" nil 'move arg)
@ -425,6 +453,9 @@ with angle brackets.")
;; Syntax blocks
(defun forward-same-syntax (&optional arg)
"Move point past all characters with the same syntax class.
With prefix argument ARG, do it ARG times if positive, or move
backwards ARG times if negative."
(interactive "p")
(while (< arg 0)
(skip-syntax-backward
@ -436,8 +467,13 @@ with angle brackets.")
;; Aliases
(defun word-at-point () (thing-at-point 'word))
(defun sentence-at-point () (thing-at-point 'sentence))
(defun word-at-point ()
"Return the word at point. See `thing-at-point'."
(thing-at-point 'word))
(defun sentence-at-point ()
"Return the sentence at point. See `thing-at-point'."
(thing-at-point 'sentence))
(defun read-from-whole-string (str)
"Read a Lisp expression from STR.