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

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Message #152 received at 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 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 18:32:55 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 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
> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:55:29 +0200
> 
> +(defcustom kill-word-if-no-region nil
> +  "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.  If set to a
> +function, call that function."
> +  :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)
> +                 (symbol :tag "User function")
> +  :group 'killing)

When and why would this be useful?

Since kill-region cannot be customized in this way, I wonder why this
new functionality should.  If someone wants to replace kill-region
with their own function, they can always redefine it or advise it, no?

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