;;; funcs.el --- Better Emacs Defaults Layer functions File
;;
;; Copyright (c) 2012-2020 Sylvain Benner & Contributors
;; Author: Sylvain Benner <sylvain.benner@gmail.com>
;; URL: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs
;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
;;; License: GPLv3
(defun spacemacs/backward-kill-word-or-region (&optional arg)
"Calls `kill-region' when a region is active and
`backward-kill-word' otherwise. ARG is passed to
`backward-kill-word' if no region is active."
(interactive "p")
(if (region-active-p)
;; call interactively so kill-region handles rectangular selection
;; correctly (see https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/issues/3278)
(call-interactively #'kill-region)
(backward-kill-word arg)))
