Function: help-goto-previous-page

help-goto-previous-page is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in help-mode.el.gz.

Signature

(help-goto-previous-page)

Documentation

Go to the previous page (if any) in the current buffer.

(If not at the start of a page, go to the start of the current page.)

The help buffers are divided into "pages" by the ^L character.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/help-mode.el.gz
(defun help-goto-previous-page ()
  "Go to the previous page (if any) in the current buffer.
\(If not at the start of a page, go to the start of the current page.)

The help buffers are divided into \"pages\" by the ^L character."
  (interactive nil help-mode)
  (push-mark)
  (backward-page (if (looking-back "\f\n" (- (point) 5)) 2 1))
  (unless (bobp)
    (forward-line 1)))