> 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?