PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

DELCHAR
TEDIT Commands
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Tips
If your terminal has a key labelled CHAR DEL, this key deletes a
character and moves only the text that is visible on the screen to the left.
If there is text beyond the right of the screen, this text is not shifted;
instead, TEDIT inserts blank spaces into the line. To shift all the text in
a line, use either the DELCHAR or DELETE CHARACTER command.
TEDIT does not place deleted characters into the scratchpad for you to
use later. You can recover from a DELCHAR command by giving an
UNDO command.
You can remove several characters by giving a repeat count with this
command. See Section 2 for details about the repeat count.
Related Commands
UNDO reverses the last change that you made to the text.
ERASE CHARACTER replaces a character with a blank.
DELETE CHARACTER performs the same function as DELCHAR, but
persists on the status line.