> From: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>, stefankan...@gmail.com, > acora...@gnu.org, j...@linkov.net, r...@gnu.org, 69...@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:07:08 +0100 > > > +(defcustom kill-region-dwim nil > > + "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) > > I think I'm missing something here. When it's nil and there is no > *active* region, but there is a region, it should kill that, surely? > With or without TMM.
Yes, you are right. It sounds like we made wrong assumptions about what happens in that case, and should rethink this. C-w signals an error only if there's no mark in the buffer. So I guess we need a new command after all.
