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6.4 Basic Editing Commands CP/M 3 User's Guide
The K (-Kill) Command
The K command kills or deletes whole lines from the memory buffer and takes the
forms:
nK, -nK
where n is the number of lines to be deleted. A positive number kills lines after the
CP. A negative number kills lines before the CP. When no number is specified, ED
kills the current line. If the character pointer is at the beginning of the second line,
Emily Dickinson said,
"'I find ecstasy in living -
the mere sense of living
is joy enough."
then the command -K deletes the previous line and the memory buffer changes:
"'I find ecstasy in living -
the mere sense of living
is joy enough."
If the CP is in the middle of a line, a K command kills only the characters from
the CP to the end of the line and concatenates the characters before the CP with the
next line. A -K command deletes all the characters between the beginning of the
previous line and the CP. A OK command deletes the characters on the line up to the
CP.
You can use the special # character to delete all the text from the CP to the
beginning or end of the buffer. Be careful when using #K because you cannot reclaim
lines after they are removed from the memory buffer.
6.4.4 Inserting Characters into the Memory Buffer
The I (Insert) Command
To insert characters into the memory buffer from the screen, use the I command.
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