Re: Copy whitespace-delimited text to variable

[Emanuel Berg]

Tim Johnson wrote:

> Hmm! Interesting that you brought that up.
> Been thinking of the same. I hate messing
> with the '.' in python, 'cuz I don't want to
> mess up elpy.

(defun backward-word-experiment ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((temp-st (make-syntax-table)))
    (modify-syntax-entry ?. "w" temp-st)
    (with-syntax-table temp-st
      (backward-word 1) )))
(defalias 'bwe 'backward-word-experiment)
;; never fear, g.args is here
                    ^^ try me


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