Function: embark-previous-symbol

embark-previous-symbol is an interactive and natively compiled function defined in embark.el.

Signature

(embark-previous-symbol)

Documentation

Jump to previous occurrence of symbol at point.

The search respects symbol boundaries.

Key Bindings

embark-identifier-map p

Source Code

;; Defined in /nix/store/lls066p88vbzffl5j0d16jbhwpn2zfz2-emacs-packages-deps/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/embark-20260610.302/embark.el
(defun embark-previous-symbol ()
  "Jump to previous occurrence of symbol at point.
The search respects symbol boundaries."
  (interactive)
  (if-let* ((symbol (thing-at-point 'symbol)))
      (let ((regexp (format "\\_<%s\\_>" (regexp-quote symbol))))
        (when (looking-back regexp (- (point) (length symbol)))
          (forward-symbol -1))
        (unless (re-search-backward regexp nil t)
          (user-error "Symbol `%s' not found" symbol)))
    (user-error "No symbol at point")))