[Nano-devel] RFC: should cutword overwrite the cutbuffer?

[Benno Schulenberg]

Hi all,

Currently, when using one of the two cutword functions,
the word (or part of a word) that is deleted, is entered
into the cutbuffer, overwriting anything that it is there.
In my opinion this is undesirable -- because pressing either
backspace of delete several times does not enter anything
into the cutbuffer nor does it alter its state.

To see what I mean, put for example 'bind ^D cutwordleft main'
into your .nanorc, then run 'src/nano +3 NEWS', and type
^K ^D ^D ^D ^D, then type ^U.  Instead of the deleted line
getting pasted back, only the last deleted word is: "as".

What do you think?  Should cutwordleft and cutwordright
leave the cutbuffer alone?

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46780

Benno

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