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

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Message #143 received at 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, rms <at> gnu.org, 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 juri <at> linkov.net, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, acorallo <at> gnu.org,
 spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name
Subject: Re: bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:53:39 +0200

>>>>> On Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:21:54 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
    >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>,
    >> Andrea Corallo <acorallo <at> gnu.org>,  juri <at> linkov.net,  rms <at> gnu.org,
    >> 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
    >> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:12:01 +0000
    >> 
    >> I had misremembered the last state of this patch.  It is easier to just
    >> have a tristate option.  Here is the updated proposal:

    Eli> Thanks.

    >> +(defcustom kill-word-if-no-region nil

    Eli> I would call this 'kill-region-dwim' instead.

    >> +  "Behaviour when `kill-region' is invoked without an active region.
    >> +If set to nil (default), then an error occurs and nothing is killed.  If
    >> +set to `emacs-word', then kill a the last word as defined by the current
    >> +major mode.  If set to `unix-word', then kill the last word in the style
    >> +of a shell like Bash, disregarding the major mode."
    >> +  :type '(choice (const :tag "Kill a word like `backward-kill-word'" emacs-word)
    >> +                 (const :tag "Kill a word like Bash would" unix-word)
    >> +                 (const :tag "Do not kill anything" nil))
    >> +  :group 'killing)

    Eli> :version tag is missing.

Is it worth allowing a user-specified function?

Robert
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