Elisp: Show Char's Syntax

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Alt+x describe-char

• Emacs: find char name, font, position, code point, encoding, etc

Show Char Syntax by Lisp Function

char-syntax

(char-syntax CHARACTER)

return a integer that is the Code Point of a char's Syntax Class code, of current buffer's syntax table.

CHARACTER is a integer. [see Elisp: Character Type]

🛑 WARNING: it does not check the character's syntax property in Text Properties

(char-syntax ?a)
;; 119 (#o167, #x77, ?w)

;; 119 is the codepoint for w
;; w is the code for syntax class of word

syntax-after

(syntax-after POS)

Return the raw syntax descriptor for the char after POS. If POS is outside the buffer's accessible portion, return nil.