This package provides two new commands: zzz-to-char and zzz-up-to-char which work like the built-ins zap-to-char and zap-up-to-char, but allow the user to quickly select the exact character they want to zzz to. The commands work like the built-ins when there is only one occurrence of the target character, excepting that they automatically work in the backward direction, too. One can specify how many characters to scan from each side of the point, see zzz-to-char-reach.

The package is available via MELPA, so you can just type M-x package-install RET zzz-to-char RET.

If you would like to install the package manually, download or clone it and put on Emacs' load-path. Then you can require it in your init file like this:

(require 'zzz-to-char)

Just bind zzz-to-char or zzz-to-char-up-to-char (depends on your taste, the latter doesn't include the target char into the killed text):

(global-set-key (kbd "M-z") #'zzz-to-char)

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