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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, rms <at> gnu.org, 69097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command
Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 20:13:39 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 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>
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 17:05:12 +0000
> 
> > Right, the initial command just merges `backward-kill-word' and
> > `kill-region' into one.
> 
> `kill-region-or-backward-word', then.  And the
> open question then should be whether to bind that
> new command to C-w _by default_.  (My vote: no.)
> 
> If you like, just suggest to users, somewhere, to
> start using that binding.  See if its use becomes
> popular, THEN revisit the question here of giving
> it `kill-region's longstanding default binding.
> 
> Just one opinion.

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