Function: previous-error

previous-error is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in simple.el.gz.

Signature

(previous-error &optional N)

Documentation

Visit previous next-error message and corresponding source code.

Prefix arg N says how many error messages to move backwards (or forwards, if negative).

This operates on the output from the M-x compile (compile) and M-x grep (grep) commands.

See next-error for the details.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/simple.el.gz
(defun previous-error (&optional n)
  "Visit previous `next-error' message and corresponding source code.

Prefix arg N says how many error messages to move backwards (or
forwards, if negative).

This operates on the output from the \\[compile] and \\[grep] commands.

See `next-error' for the details."
  (interactive "p")
  (next-error (- (or n 1))))