This section describes commands for moving point, in C mode and
related modes.
M-x c-beginning-of-defun
M-x c-end-of-defun
Move point to the beginning or end of the current function or
top-level definition. These are found by searching for the least
enclosing braces. (By contrast, beginning-of-defun and
end-of-defun search for braces in column zero.) If you are
editing code where the opening brace of a function isn't placed in
column zero, you may wish to bind C-M-a and C-M-e to
these commands. See Moving by Defuns.
C-c C-u
Move point back to the containing preprocessor conditional, leaving the
mark behind. A prefix argument acts as a repeat count. With a negative
argument, move point forward to the end of the containing
preprocessor conditional.
‘#elif’ is equivalent to ‘#else’ followed by ‘#if’, so
the function will stop at a ‘#elif’ when going backward, but not
when going forward.
C-c C-p
Move point back over a preprocessor conditional, leaving the mark
behind. A prefix argument acts as a repeat count. With a negative
argument, move forward.
C-c C-n
Move point forward across a preprocessor conditional, leaving the mark
behind. A prefix argument acts as a repeat count. With a negative
argument, move backward.
M-a
Move point to the beginning of the innermost C statement
(c-beginning-of-statement). If point is already at the beginning
of a statement, move to the beginning of the preceding statement. With
prefix argument n, move back n − 1 statements.
In comments or in strings which span more than one line, this command
moves by sentences instead of statements.
M-e
Move point to the end of the innermost C statement or sentence; like
M-a except that it moves in the other direction
(c-end-of-statement).