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From: Stavros.Macrakis@crg.bull.fr
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: kill-region should always do copy-region-as-kill
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Date: 31 Mar 89 11:21:12 GMT
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I suggest that kill-region ALWAYS do copy-region-as-kill, even if the
kill itself fails (because in a read-only buffer).

I'm so used to using C-w for cut-and-paste (and it's easier to type on
my keyboard), that it comes naturally....