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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Jiri Pejchal wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> function zap-to-char
> 
> `M-z CHAR'
> Kills through the next occurrence of CHAR (`zap-to-char'). 
> 
> is there a function in Emacs similar to zap-up-to-char in XEmacs that 
> would kill up to and not including the next occurencce of CHAR?

Interactively, why not just do M-z CHAR CHAR ?

If you're writing a function, you could do
(zap-to-char CHAR)
(insert-char CHAR 1)

-- 
Benjamin Lewis

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