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new Emacs functions for capitalizing text intelligently

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From: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 21501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21501: new Emacs functions for capitalizing text intelligently
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:52:01 -0400

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Here's an updated patch with Eli's comments addressed. Now, these new
commands seem to have all the functionality of the existing *-region and
*-word commands.

Is the "dwim" acronym well known enough as "Do What I Mean" that that it
doesn't need to be included in the docstring? I can put it in if necessary,
but it's somewhat awkward.

I'm fine putting these commands in Emacs, and waiting to see if people like
them enough that it's worth changing the bindings. Is there any specific
user feedback or data we'd be looking for to know if we want to change the
bindings? Or is it more a concern of waiting to see if any bugs shake out?

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> wrote:

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>   > I'm tempted to bind M-u, M-l, and M-c to those new commands.
>
> Please let's try them privately first.  There is no need to be
> precipitous about this.  There is no hurry.
>
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman
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