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6.4 Basic Editing Commands CP/M 3 User's Guide
Whenever ED is displaying text with the T command, you can enter a CTRL-S to
stop the display, then press any key when you are ready to continue scrolling. Enter
a CTRL-C to abort long type-outs.
6.4.3 Deleting Characters
The D (Delete) Command
The D command deletes a specified number of characters and takes the forms:
nD, -nD
where n is the number of characters to be deleted. If no number is specified, ED
deletes the character to the right of the CP. A positive number deletes multiple
characters to the right of the CP, towards the bottom of the file. A negative number
del etes charac ters to the left of the CP, towards the top of the file. If the character
pointer is positioned in the memory buffer as follows
Emily Dickinson said,
"I find ecstasy in living -
the mere sense of living
is joy ^enough."
the command 6D deletes the six characters after the CP, and the resulting memory
buffer looks like this:
Emily Dickinson said,
"I find ecstasy in living -
the mere sense of I'tving
is joy^."
You can also use a D command to delete the between two lines to join
them together. Remember that the and are two characters.
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