Re: delete-word does not delete the entire word...

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 11,  2:10pm, DervishD wrote:
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}     When I issue delete-word in a line like this:
} 
}     asridfds jf'_'invnck fhdsfjh shdfasdf
} 
}     where '_' is the cursor position, the entire word jfinvnck is not
} deleted, just the portion between the cursor and the end of the word.
} That's not what I expect

Out of curiosity, WHY is that not what you expect?

It's pretty standard behavior of unix-derived text editors to treat the
cursor position as dividing the buffer into two parts, and then acting
on only one of those parts at a time.