(previous-button): Rewrite to account for adjacent buttons.

diff --git a/lisp/button.el b/lisp/button.el
index 05ea7aec5e22b4e50178a40eab9962f4673ffe82..9110b7867a1b8388e399029dbbf8dbd5540bd7f4 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/button.el
+++ b/lisp/button.el
@@ -366,16 +366,29 @@ instead of starting at the next button."
             (next-button pos))))
 
 (defun previous-button (pos &optional count-current)
-  "Return the Nth button before position POS in the current buffer.
+  "Return the previous button before position POS in the current buffer.
 If COUNT-CURRENT is non-nil, count any button at POS in the search,
 instead of starting at the next button."
-  (unless count-current
-    (setq pos (previous-single-char-property-change pos 'button)))
-  (and (> pos (point-min))
-       (or (button-at (1- pos))
-          ;; We must have originally been on a button, and are now in
-          ;; the inter-button space.  Recurse to find a button.
-          (previous-button pos))))
+  (let ((button (button-at pos)))
+    (if button
+       (if count-current
+           button
+         ;; We started out on a button, so move to its start and look
+         ;; for the previous button boundary.
+         (setq pos (previous-single-char-property-change
+                    (button-start button) 'button))
+         (let ((new-button (button-at pos)))
+           (if new-button
+               ;; We are in a button again; this can happen if there
+               ;; are adjacent buttons (or at bob).
+               (unless (eq new-button button) new-button)
+             ;; We are now in the space between buttons.
+             (previous-button pos))))
+      ;; We started out in the space between buttons.
+      (setq pos (previous-single-char-property-change pos 'button))
+      (or (button-at pos)
+         (and (> pos (point-min))
+              (button-at (1- pos)))))))
 
 \f
 ;; User commands