Module Ecaml__.Thing_at_point

Support for detecting something at point---a filename, URL, what-have-you.

type t =

| Defun

| Email

| Filename

| Line

| List

| Number

| Page

| Sentence

| Sexp

(** Any string containing only characters in chars, which is a regexp character alternative (i.e. a string that would go between square brackets in a regexp). *)

| String_of of {

chars : string;

}

| Symbol

| Url

| Whitespace

| Word

include sig ... end

val sexp_of_t : t ‑> Base.Sexp.t

val find : ?⁠text_properties:bool ‑> t ‑> Ecaml.Text.t option

Find the given kind of thing at point, if any. If text_properties is false (which is the default), text properties are stripped from the returned string.

(describe-function 'thing-at-point)

val forward : ?⁠n:int ‑> t ‑> unit

(describe-function 'forward-thing)

val bounds : t ‑> (Ecaml.Position.t * Ecaml.Position.t) option

(describe-function 'bounds-of-thing-at-point)

val beginning : t ‑> unit

(describe-function 'beginning-of-thing)

val end_ : t ‑> unit

(describe-function 'end-of-thing)