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(vip)Delete Commands

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Delete Commands
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`d MOTION-COMMAND'
     Delete the region determined by the motion command MOTION-COMMAND.

For example, `d $' will delete the region between point and end of
current line since `$' is a point command that moves point to end of
line.  `d G' will delete the region between the beginning of current
line and end of the buffer, since `G' is a line command.  A count given
to the command above will become the count for the associated motion
command.  Thus, `3 d w' will delete three words.

   It is also possible to save the deleted text into a register you
specify.  For example, you can say `" t 3 d w' to delete three words
and save it to register `t'.  The name of a register is a lower-case
letter between `a' and `z'.  If you give an upper-case letter as an
argument to a delete command, then the deleted text will be appended to
the content of the register having the corresponding lower-case letter
as its name.  So, `" T d w' will delete a word and append it to
register `t'.  Other modifying commands also accept a register name as
their argument, and we will not repeat similar explanations.

   We have more delete commands as below.

`d d'
     Delete a line.  Given a count N, delete N lines.

`d r'
     Delete current region.

`d R'
     Expand current region and delete it.

`D'
     Delete to the end of a line (`vip-kill-line').

`x'
     Delete a character after point.  Given N, delete N characters
     (`vip-delete-char').

`<DEL>'
     Delete a character before point.  Given N, delete N characters
     (`vip-delete-backward-char').