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    <p>I have been unable to come up with a method to test for a syntax condition without moving the cursor -- e.g., <code>skip-syntax-forward</code> and <code>skip-chars-forward</code> both move the cursor in order to return <code>t</code> or <em>a positive value</em>. How can I return <code>t</code> or <code>nil</code> without moving the cursor?</p> <pre><code>(defun lawlist-kill-word () "Mark word / symbol + whitespace to the right of the cursor, and kill same." (interactive) (let* ( (symbol-regexp "\\s.\\|\\s_") (word-regexp "\\sw")) (modify-syntax-entry ?' "_") ;; apostrophe = symbol constituent (cond ((&lt; 0 (skip-syntax-forward "_.")) (let ((end (point))) (set-mark end) (while (looking-back symbol-regexp) (backward-char)) (let ((beg (point))) (delete-region beg end) (setq beg (point)) (cond ((skip-chars-forward " \t") (setq end (point)) (set-mark end) (delete-region beg end)))))) ((&lt; 0 (skip-syntax-forward "w")) (let ((end (point))) (set-mark end) (while (looking-back word-regexp) (backward-char)) (let ((beg (point))) (delete-region beg end) (setq beg (point)) (cond ((skip-chars-forward " \t") (setq end (point)) (set-mark end) (delete-region beg end)))))) (t (let ((beg (point))) (set-mark beg) (skip-chars-forward " \t") (let ((end (point))) (delete-region beg end))) (deactivate-mark))) (modify-syntax-entry ?' "w") )) ;; apostrophe = word constituent </code></pre> <hr> <p><strong>EDIT</strong>:  <code>lawlist-kill-word</code> is a work in progress -- any updates to this function will be posted to a thread related to that issue -- i.e.,: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17958397/emacs-delete-whitespaces-or-a-word">Emacs: delete whitespaces or a word</a></p>
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    1. COMoving the cursor (actually the point) is no problem if you wrap it into `save-excursion`.
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