Re: [CORE (21.5)] Delete words without touching kill-ring
Steve Youngs <steve(a)sxemacs.org> writes:
> I don't see the point of this. In the rare cases where
deleting
> without touching the kill-ring is needed, one can use the
> movement commands along with "delete-region".
What you might consider rare, somebody else might consider common.
Sure, but what is the reason for deleting words without killing them?
Do the killed words corrupt the state of your kill-ring? (I'm
guessing here.) I've never encountered a problem with kill-word, so I
have to ask.
I'm objecting because we might as well introduce functions for
deleting a line without killing it, deleting a sexp without killing
it, etc. It would be -- if you excuse the bad pun -- overkill.
> Is there a usage pattern for these patterns that I'm
missing?
I dunno, I've used it 3 or 4 times writing this email. :-)
Why not just use M-backspace and M-d instead?