>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ian> (re-search-backward "\<while\>") Ian> (with-syntax-table internal-python-syntax-table Ian> (re-search-backward "\<while\>)) FWIW in Emacs 22 you can use (re-search-backward "\\_<symbol\\_>"). >From NEWS: *** New regular expression operators, `\_<' and `\_>'. These match the beginning and end of a symbol. A symbol is a non-empty sequence of either word or symbol constituent characters, as specified by the syntax table. Tom _______________________________________________ Python-mode mailing list Python-mode@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-mode