Function: mh-beginning-of-word

mh-beginning-of-word is an autoloaded and byte-compiled function defined in mh-utils.el.gz.

Signature

(mh-beginning-of-word &optional N)

Documentation

Return position of the N th word backwards.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-utils.el.gz
;;; General Utilities

;;;###mh-autoload
(defun mh-beginning-of-word (&optional n)
  "Return position of the N th word backwards."
  (unless n (setq n 1))
  (let ((syntax-table (syntax-table)))
    (unwind-protect
        (save-excursion
          (mh-mail-abbrev-make-syntax-table)
          (set-syntax-table mail-abbrev-syntax-table)
          (backward-word n)
          (point))
      (set-syntax-table syntax-table))))