> From: Philip Kaludercic <phil...@posteo.net> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefankan...@gmail.com>, > Andrea Corallo <acora...@gnu.org>, j...@linkov.net, r...@gnu.org, > 69...@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:12:01 +0000 > > I had misremembered the last state of this patch. It is easier to just > have a tristate option. Here is the updated proposal:
Thanks. > +(defcustom kill-word-if-no-region nil I would call this 'kill-region-dwim' instead. > + "Behaviour when `kill-region' is invoked without an active region. > +If set to nil (default), then an error occurs and nothing is killed. If > +set to `emacs-word', then kill a the last word as defined by the current > +major mode. If set to `unix-word', then kill the last word in the style > +of a shell like Bash, disregarding the major mode." > + :type '(choice (const :tag "Kill a word like `backward-kill-word'" > emacs-word) > + (const :tag "Kill a word like Bash would" unix-word) > + (const :tag "Do not kill anything" nil)) > + :group 'killing) :version tag is missing. > -Lisp programs should use this function for killing text. > - (To delete text, use `delete-region'.) > -Supply two arguments, character positions BEG and END indicating the > - stretch of text to be killed. If the optional argument REGION is > - non-nil, the function ignores BEG and END, and kills the current > - region instead. Interactively, REGION is always non-nil, and so > - this command always kills the current region." > +Lisp programs should use this function for killing text. (To delete > +text, use `delete-region'.) Supply two arguments, character positions > +BEG and END indicating the stretch of text to be killed. If the > +optional argument REGION is non-nil, the function ignores BEG and END, > +and kills the current region instead. If REGION has the special value Not sure why you decided to reformat this part. Its formatting was not random. This also needs a NEWS entry.
