Function: mc/mark-previous-word-like-this

mc/mark-previous-word-like-this is an interactive and natively compiled function defined in mc-mark-more.el.

Signature

(mc/mark-previous-word-like-this ARG)

Documentation

Find and mark the previous part of the buffer matching the currently active region.

The matching region must be a whole word to be a match.

If no region is active, add a cursor on the previous line.

With negative ARG, delete the last one instead.

With zero ARG, skip the last one and mark next.

Key Bindings

This command is not in any keymaps.

Source Code

;; Defined in /nix/store/5q7a78ihkz25lf4xmxaa9m7b2ym63m36-emacs-packages-deps/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/multiple-cursors-20260419.931/mc-mark-more.el
;;;###autoload
(defun mc/mark-previous-word-like-this (arg)
  "Find and mark the previous part of the buffer matching the
currently active region.

The matching region must be a whole word to be a match.

If no region is active, add a cursor on the previous line.

With negative ARG, delete the last one instead.

With zero ARG, skip the last one and mark next."
  (interactive "p")
  (let ((mc/enclose-search-term 'words))
    (mc/mark-previous-like-this arg)))