Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Mon 02 Sep 2024 at 09:42pm +01, Sean Whitton wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Mon 02 Sep 2024 at 08:39pm GMT, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>>
>>> How about this suggestion:  We add a generic kill-region-or-word
>>> command, and a user option for a function (set to either
>>> `backward-kill-word' or Sean's `unix-word-rubout').  I can prepare a
>>> patch with the simpler version, and then Sean can add his behaviour in a
>>> second patch so that the attribution remains correct.
>>
>> I think a tristate option is preferable to this.
>>
>> If the user wants something of their own they can just write their own
>> command.
>
> Sorry, I wrote this too quickly, I don't think I actually understand
> your new proposal.
>
> Could you sketch it out?
>
> Thank you for your patience on this one.

I had misremembered the last state of this patch.  It is easier to just
have a tristate option.  Here is the updated proposal: