Function: point

point is a function defined in editfns.c.

Signature

(point)

Documentation

Return value of point, as an integer.

Beginning of buffer is position (point-min).

Other relevant functions are documented in the buffer group.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 1.6.

Shortdoc

;; buffer
(point)
    => 66

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/editfns.c
{
  Lisp_Object temp;
  XSETFASTINT (temp, PT);
  return temp;
}