sexps. For user-level commands, see @ref{Lists Commands,,, emacs, The GNU
Emacs Manual}.
-@deffn Command forward-list arg
-This function moves forward across @var{arg} balanced groups of
+@deffn Command forward-list &optional arg
+This function moves forward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced groups of
parentheses. (Other syntactic entities such as words or paired string
quotes are ignored.)
@end deffn
-@deffn Command backward-list arg
-This function moves backward across @var{arg} balanced groups of
+@deffn Command backward-list &optional arg
+This function moves backward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced groups of
parentheses. (Other syntactic entities such as words or paired string
quotes are ignored.)
@end deffn
-@deffn Command up-list arg
-This function moves forward out of @var{arg} levels of parentheses.
+@deffn Command up-list &optional arg
+This function moves forward out of @var{arg} (default 1) levels of parentheses.
A negative argument means move backward but still to a less deep spot.
@end deffn
-@deffn Command down-list arg
-This function moves forward into @var{arg} levels of parentheses. A
+@deffn Command down-list &optional arg
+This function moves forward into @var{arg} (default 1) levels of parentheses. A
negative argument means move backward but still go
deeper in parentheses (@minus{}@var{arg} levels).
@end deffn
-@deffn Command forward-sexp arg
-This function moves forward across @var{arg} balanced expressions.
+@deffn Command forward-sexp &optional arg
+This function moves forward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced expressions.
Balanced expressions include both those delimited by parentheses and
other kinds, such as words and string constants. For example,
@end example
@end deffn
-@deffn Command backward-sexp arg
-This function moves backward across @var{arg} balanced expressions.
+@deffn Command backward-sexp &optional arg
+This function moves backward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced expressions.
@end deffn
@deffn Command beginning-of-defun arg