GNU bug report logs - #69097
[PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, rms <at> gnu.org, 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command
Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 09:53:19 +0300

> +(defcustom kill-word-if-no-region nil
> +  "Non-nil means that `kill-region' without a region will kill the last word."
> +  :type 'boolean
> +  :group 'killing)

What a strange thing.  `kill-region' is not related to word commands
in no way.  Why not kill a sentence?  Why not kill a line?  Why just word?
All existing commands handle an active region.  But there is no commands
that do in the opposite direction where a general command handles
one random specific case.  This is because the region is a more
general concept.
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