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

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "rms <at> gnu.org" <rms <at> gnu.org>, "69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 17:08:36 +0000

> > Right, the initial command just merges `backward-kill-word' and
> > `kill-region' into one.
> 
> There are two ways to merge:
> 1. `backward-kill-word' into `kill-region'
> 2. `kill-region' into `backward-kill-word'
> 
> I don't know why prefer one over another.

Just please make the merge a _new_ command,
and don't give it the longstanding key for
either `kill-region' or `backward-kill-word'.
Don't give it any key binding by default.

That's the Emacs way, IMO.  If people tend
to bind it to some normally-taken key, such
as `C-w' or `M-DEL' THEN raise the question
of whether Emacs should change that binding
by default.

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