Function: abbrev--suggest-get-previous-words

abbrev--suggest-get-previous-words is a byte-compiled function defined in abbrev.el.gz.

Signature

(abbrev--suggest-get-previous-words N)

Documentation

Return the N words before point, spaces included.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/abbrev.el.gz
(defun abbrev--suggest-get-previous-words (n)
  "Return the N words before point, spaces included."
    (let ((end (point)))
      (save-excursion
	(backward-word n)
	(replace-regexp-in-string
	 "\\s " " "
	 (buffer-substring-no-properties (point) end)))))