> From: Philip Kaludercic <phil...@posteo.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>,  stefankan...@gmail.com,
>   acora...@gnu.org,  j...@linkov.net,  r...@gnu.org,  69...@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:39:32 +0000
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> Not necessarily (unless I am mistaken above), but I am not opposed to it 
> either.

If we don't introduce a new command, then what will be the modified
behavior of kill-region?  Specifically, when will it delete the last
word?  In Emacs buffers, it is very rare not to have the mark, so it
sounds like the Bash-like behavior will very rarely if ever available,
no?



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