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

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 03:16:01 +0000

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  > > Have you tried putting this on M-d?  It could be convenient but it
  > > could instead be disturbing and surprising.

  > I would expect it to be weird, as long as the proposed command uses
  > backward-kill-word, and not kill-word.

I did not see in the email that it kills a word _backwards_.  That
being so, the natural binding for it would be M-DEL.

Do people find this changed behavior for M-DEL natural?
I am not presuming either yes or no.

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