PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

DELETE
TEDIT Commands
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DELETE CHARACTER
DELETE CHARACTER removes the character at the cursor position, thus
moving the line of text one column to the left.
How to Use. First place the cursor on the character you want to remove.
Then enter the DELETE CHARACTER command.
Tips. When DELETE removes a character, text to the right of the character
moves one space to the left.
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 the
DELETE CHARACTER or the DELCHAR command.
Related Commands. ERASE CHARACTER and DELCHAR.
DELETE EOL
DELETE EOL either removes all characters from the cursor to the end of a
line or joins a line to the next line.
How to Use. To remove characters, first place the cursor at the position you
want to delete text in a line; then enter DELETE EOL. To join two lines, first
place the cursor after the last character of the first line; then enter DELETE
EOL.
What Happens. When using the DELETE EOL command to join lines and
auto word wrap is ON, TEDIT moves words from the next line to this line
until the line reaches the align width (as defined in the current profile). If
the auto word wrap is OFF, TEDIT moves all words from the next line to
this line (not exceeding 239 characters).
If the next line is a blank line, TEDIT removes that blank line and moves the
remaining text up in the file.