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`zap-to-char'
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   The `zap-to-char' function barely changed between GNU Emacs version
19 and GNU Emacs version 21.  However, `zap-to-char' calls another
function, `kill-region', which enjoyed a major rewrite on the way to
version 21.

   The `kill-region' function in Emacs 19 is complex, but does not use
code that is important at this time.  We will skip it.

   The `kill-region' function in Emacs 21 is easier to read than the
same function in Emacs 19 and introduces a very important concept, that
of error handling.  We will walk through the function.

   But first, let us look at the interactive `zap-to-char' function.

Complete zap-to-char

The complete implementation.

zap-to-char interactive

A three part interactive expression.

zap-to-char body

A short overview.

search-forward

How to search for a string.

progn

The `progn' special form.

Summing up zap-to-char

Using `point' and `search-forward'.