Function: skip-syntax-backward

skip-syntax-backward is a function defined in syntax.c.

Signature

(skip-syntax-backward SYNTAX &optional LIM)

Documentation

Move point backward across chars in specified syntax classes.

SYNTAX is a string of syntax code characters. Stop on reaching a char whose syntax is not in SYNTAX, or at position LIM. If SYNTAX starts with ^, skip characters whose syntax is NOT in SYNTAX. This function returns either zero or a negative number, and the absolute value of this is the distance traveled.

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Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/syntax.c
{
  return skip_syntaxes (0, syntax, lim);
}