bug#69097: [PATCH] Add 'kill-region-or-word' command

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>,  rms@gnu.org,
>   69097@debbugs.gnu.org,  juri@linkov.net,  stefankangas@gmail.com,
>   acorallo@gnu.org,  spwhitton@spwhitton.name
> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:53:39 +0200
> 
> >>>>> On Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:21:54 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
> 
>     >> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>     >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  Stefan Kangas 
> <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
>     >> Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>,  juri@linkov.net,  rms@gnu.org,
>     >> 69097@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:
> 
>     Eli> Thanks.
> 
>     >> +(defcustom kill-word-if-no-region nil
> 
>     Eli> 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)
> 
>     Eli> :version tag is missing.
> 
> Is it worth allowing a user-specified function?

I don't understand what you are asking, sorry.  Allow a function where
and to do what?