Function: skip-syntax-forward

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

Signature

(skip-syntax-forward SYNTAX &optional LIM)

Documentation

Move point forward across chars in specified syntax classes.

SYNTAX is a string of syntax code characters. Stop before 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 the distance traveled, either zero or positive.

View in manual

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/syntax.c
{
  return skip_syntaxes (1, syntax, lim);
}