(viper)Deleting Text


Deleting Text
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   There is one difference in text deletion that you should be aware
of.  This difference comes from Emacs and was adopted in Viper because
we find it very useful.  In Vi, if you delete a line, say, and then
another line, these two deletions are separated and are put back
separately if you use the `p' command.  In Emacs (and Viper), successive
series of deletions that are _not interrupted_ by other commands are
lumped together, so the deleted text gets accumulated and can be put
back as one chunk.  If you want to break a sequence of deletions so
that the newly deleted text could be put back separately from the
previously deleted text, you should perform a non-deleting action,
e.g., move the cursor one character in any direction.

`<count>  x'
     Delete <count> chars under and after the cursor.

`<count>  X'
     Delete <count> chars before the cursor.

`<count>  d<move>'
     Delete from point to endpoint of <count><move>.

`<count>  dd'
     Delete <count> lines.

`D'
     The rest of the line.

`<count>  <<move>'
     Shift the lines described by <count><move> one shiftwidth to the
     left (layout!).

`<count>  <<'
     Shift <count> lines one shiftwidth to the left.


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