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bug#38392: zap-up-to-char should appear in "Deletion and Killing" Emacs


From: Justin Paston-Cooper
Subject: bug#38392: zap-up-to-char should appear in "Deletion and Killing" Emacs info section and "Command Index"
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:35:03 +0100

Sorry for my terrible reading comprehension.

I suppose you’re saying that exactly two ‘inclusivities’ suffice: ‘up to/until’ and 'through' in your case, which makes complete sense.

I have found that both 'up to' and 'until' are still ambiguous, for instance when trying to agree on a date with someone. This ambiguity might carry over to the Emacs world, where a user might not know that there is another distinct inclusivity called 'through'. 'up to' and 'until' can mean either 'inclusive' or 'exclusive', this seemingly depending on the phase of the Moon. I still use the words 'inclusive' and 'exclusive' to confirm. I hope that at least programmers don't find that silly. Of course, there is an existing precedent of 'up to', 'until', 'through' and 'to'.

Regardless of the naming, wouldn’t an inclusivity modifier over the set of two inclusivities be a nice thing to have?

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 at 17:45, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> What about near, through and far?

What about them?

I've already spoken to "through".  How do you
see "near" and "far" fitting into this?

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