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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Date: 18 May 1997 20:22:49 +0200
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Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:

> To argue from the other side, there are times when M-d does too
> little and C-M-k does too much.  (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w") is
> a compromise between the two; all you have to do change your
> mental definition of a word a little bit.

Exactly.  This is why the choice (either way) should be left to the
user, and the modes shouldn't touch this setting.  I agree with Martin 
here.

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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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Idle RAM is the Devil's playground.

