rms@PREP.AI.MIT.EDU.UUCP (01/23/87)
Right now, M-z kills up to the next occurrence of the specified character. It doesn't kill that character. As a result, using M-z a second time immediately after, with the same character, has no effect. This isn't very useful. One way to make M-z more useful is for it always to kill at least one character. Thus, if the specified character occurs immediately after point, M-z would kill up to the following occurrence of the character. Another way to make M-z more useful is to include the specified character in the kill; in other words, always kill one more character than it now would. This would be more of an incompatibility, but perhaps make M-z more useful. Please tell me which of these changes you would rather have, and why. If possible, describe specific editing scenaros to explain your opinion.
lau@su-russell.UUCP (01/25/87)
In article <8701231858.AA21067@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>, rms@PREP.AI.MIT.EDU.UUCP writes: > One way to make M-z more useful is for it always to kill at least one > character. Thus, if the specified character occurs immediately after > point, M-z would kill up to the following occurrence of the character. Instead of changing M-z, one could define a new "repeat-zap" command which does this. Such a command exists in the HEATH library of TOPS-20 EMACS. Garrett Lau lau@su-russell