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[PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command

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Message #131 received at 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net,
 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Andrea Corallo <acorallo <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:45:14 +0000

Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Mon 02 Sep 2024 at 08:39pm GMT, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>
>> How about this suggestion:  We add a generic kill-region-or-word
>> command, and a user option for a function (set to either
>> `backward-kill-word' or Sean's `unix-word-rubout').  I can prepare a
>> patch with the simpler version, and then Sean can add his behaviour in a
>> second patch so that the attribution remains correct.
>
> I think a tristate option is preferable to this.

It would still be a user options with three states:

- nil (default, don't delete a word)
- #'backward-kill-word
- #'unix-word-rubout

> If the user wants something of their own they can just write their own
> command.

Sure, but going by that logic we don't need this change at all.

-- 
	Philip Kaludercic on peregrine

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