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Subject: Question on M-z
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Date: Fri, 23-Jan-87 13:58:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 23 13:58:43 1987
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Right now, M-z kills up to the next occurrence of the specified
character.  It doesn't kill that character.  As a result,
using M-z a second time immediately after, with the same character,
has no effect.  This isn't very useful.

One way to make M-z more useful is for it always to kill at least one
character.  Thus, if the specified character occurs immediately after
point, M-z would kill up to the following occurrence of the character.

Another way to make M-z more useful is to include the specified
character in the kill; in other words, always kill one more character
than it now would.  This would be more of an incompatibility, but
perhaps make M-z more useful.

Please tell me which of these changes you would rather have, and why.
If possible, describe specific editing scenaros to explain your
opinion.