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

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
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, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, acorallo <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:36:25 +0100

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Hello,

On Thu 05 Sep 2024 at 02:38pm GMT, Philip Kaludercic wrote:

> In that case, it would be difficult to use it directly in this
> implementation, as kill-region needs a command that just moves the
> point.  I guess it would be possible to hack something together with
> atomic change groups, but the cleanest strategy would probably be to
> have a unix-word-forward command that goes in both directions, and use
> that both in a standalone unix-word-rubout and this patch.  But we can
> do that after merging this patch -- assuming there are no more blocking
> issues with the latest version:

I think you're right, but I would like to commit my function first, so
that I get attribution (it did take me some time to figure out what was
useful in this area), and because I think it should be rewritten in
terms of fields.

Please take a look at the attached.  unix-word-rubout to follow.

-- 
Sean Whitton

[0001-New-command-forward-unix-word.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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