forward-definition and backward-definition?

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Well, "they are not in any of my scripts files" is not quite accurate. It wasn't in my version 6 scripts, and it wasn't in my version 5 scripts, but it was in my version 4 scripts!. I have always carried my preferences file over from version to version, so yes, I once had these defined and therefore was able to bind keys to them, so they were left in my preferences file.

I guess I'm wrong about having used this often in Wing, at least not for a very long time. My guess is that instead of trying to use these, I just used select-scope, then forward-character or backward-character to enter a different definition.

The way I had implemented long ago  was contorted and used internal calls that may even exist anymore. Simple definitions that more or less do what I want are:

def backward_definition():
  """ Move backward to the def or class prior to current line"""
  ed = wingapi.gApplication.GetActiveEditor()
  ed.ExecuteCommand('previous_scope')
  ed.ExecuteCommand('backward-char')           # clear selection

def forward_definition():
  """ Move forward to the def or class following the current line"""
  ed = wingapi.gApplication.GetActiveEditor()
  ed.ExecuteCommand('next_scope')
  ed.ExecuteCommand('backward-char')           # clear selection

Is there a cleaner way to clear the selection than just using backward-char?