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

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Message #173 received at 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 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: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:52:40 +0300

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
>   acorallo <at> gnu.org,  juri <at> linkov.net,  rms <at> gnu.org,  69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:39:32 +0000
> 
> >> I think I'm missing something here.  When it's nil and there is no
> >> *active* region, but there is a region, it should kill that, surely?
> >> With or without TMM.
> >
> > Yes, you are right.  It sounds like we made wrong assumptions about
> > what happens in that case, and should rethink this.
> >
> > C-w signals an error only if there's no mark in the buffer.
> >
> > So I guess we need a new command after all.
> 
> Not necessarily (unless I am mistaken above), but I am not opposed to it either.

If we don't introduce a new command, then what will be the modified
behavior of kill-region?  Specifically, when will it delete the last
word?  In Emacs buffers, it is very rare not to have the mark, so it
sounds like the Bash-like behavior will very rarely if ever available,
no?

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