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What is the difference between `current-word' and `word-at-point'?
From: |
Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
What is the difference between `current-word' and `word-at-point'? |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:56:20 +0200 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 28.0.50 |
Hi all,
it seems Emacs has two functions with a very similar purpose,
`current-word' and `word-at-point'. I understand some obvious
differences (like that `current-word' can treat "symbol" characters as
constituting a word or not, and `word-at-point' can give the current
word with the properties), but does anyone know
(a) why Emacs has both functions, and
(b) if/when their results can actually differ (apart from the obvious
cases like I mentioned)?
TIA,
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Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
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